Vocabulary I
the study of living things
What is Biology?
an educated guess to a scientific question
What is a hypothesis?
Step 1 of the Scientific Method
What is Observation/State a Problem?
Your graph must have a ________ to give the reader an idea of the information in the graph.
What is a title?
The prefix, micro, means _____.
What is small?
a set of steps used to find answers to questions
What is the Scientific Method?
a scientific group used to make comparisons to (Hint: the "normal" group)
What is control?
Step 3 of the Scientific Method
What is Form a Hypothesis?
variable in an experiment that is deliberately changed, or manipulated
What is an independent variable?
True or False: A hypothesis and a theory are the same thing.
What is false?
a scientific test to get or find information
What is an experiment?
gathering information is also called
What is researching?
Step 2 of the Scientific Method
What is Research/Gather Information?
the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
What is the biosphere?
data gathered from observations that is based on characteristics and attributes.
What is qualitative data?
the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
What biodiversity?
the variables of an experiment that stay the same
What is constant?
Step 5 of the Scientific Method
What is Analyze/Collet Data?
data gathered from observations that includes numbers and values.
What is quantitative data?
The suffix, logy, means ________.
What is the study of?
an idea that explains something based on repeated scientific observations and experiments
What is a theory?
'Daily Double'
In an experiment, the variable that is being tested is called...
What is a dependent variable?
Step 4 of the Scientific Method
What is Experiment/Test Your Hypothesis?
'Daily Double'
Two part question:
In a graph,
The horizontal axis is the ____ axis.
The vertical axis is the ____ axis.
What is the x-axis?
What is the y-axis?
Information gathered from observing a plant grow 3 cm over a two-week period results in
What is data?