Its ALIVE!
Better Safe than Sorry
Gathering Data
Hypothesis, Theory or Law
Other organisms
100
Is a rock alive? Why or why not
No. It does not have characteristics of life (cannot grow, reproduce, respond to stimuli, adapt, maintain homeostasis, or process energy.)
100
If there is an issue in the lab, you should do this.
Inform the instructor!
100
The scientific term for something you can hear, see, touch, taste, or smell when gathering data.
An observation
100
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What is a hypothesis?
100
A living single celled organism, some species of which are known for making people sick.
A bacteria (or protozoa is also acceptable, but not expected)
200
What are all living things made of?
Cells
200
This is where you should go if you need an eye wash.
Across the hall or next door
200
This is the term for something you can guess based on what you observed, but cannot actually observe
An inference
200
What is a scientific theory?
An explanation for how something happened which fits all the current evidence and observations (and has been tested many times by many scientists)
200
This living, single-celled fungi helps bread rise by producing carbon dioxide and alcohols.
A yeast.
300
Is a bird alive? Why or why not?
Yes! It responds to stimuli, can reproduce, adapts over generations, grows and develops, maintains homeostasis, and processes energy.
300
What type of footwear must you have on in the lab?
300
The average class size at Las Cruces High School has 25 students. What type of data is this AND why?
Quantitative, because it has a number. There is a quantity present.
300
What is a scientific law?
A description, sometimes written as a math equation, which describes something we see happening over and over and over again, every time.
300
What does it mean to be a unicellular organism?
To be a living organism with only one cell.
400
What is homeostasis?
Maintaining the balance of internal systems in response to the oustide environment so that the organism can stay alive.
400
What are the two pieces of safety equipment we will always use in the lab?
Goggles and aprons.
400
When milk is added to water, the water becomes opaque (you can't see through it) is what kind of data AND why?
Qualitative, because the clarity of water is a characteristic that does not have a numberical value.
400
Do scientific theories ever become scientific laws?
No. They are two different things with two different jobs.
400
A Zorse cannot reproduce. Is it still alive?
Yes. They are still alive. There are just some exceptions to almost every classification.
500
Name at least 5 characteristics of life.
1. Organized 2. Respond to Stimuli 3. Reproduces 4. Evolves (Adapts over generations) 5. Develops as it grows 6. Maintains Homeostasis 7. Processes energy
500
Name at least five things you CANNOT have or do in a science lab.
Food, drinks, dangly jewelry, long hair that is not tied back, open toed shoes/sandals, pipette by mouth, joke around/goof off, leave an experiment unattended, take thngs from the lab home without permission.
500
In the hypothesis, "if a person increases their intake of carrots, then their night vision will improve." what are the dependent and independent variables?
Independent: Eating more carrots
Dependent: Quality of night vision
500
Evolution is a scientific law. Natural selection is a scientific theory. Explain how they are related.
Evolution describes the observed change in species over time while natural selection explains how that change may have come to be based on the evidence we currently have.
500
Name three types of living organisms.
Animals, Plants, Fungi, Bacteria, or Protozoa