Scientific Method Components of the Sea Butterfly Example
Sea butterflies produce a chemical that deters predators.
What is the Hypothesis?
The amount of gravitational force on an object.
What is Weight?
A state of matter that has a fixed volume but not a fixed shape.
What is a Liquid?
Why do amphipods abduct sea butterflies if they slow them down?
What is the Question?
The amount of matter in an object.
What is Mass?
A state of matter that usually has the highest particle energy.
What is a Gas?
Whether or not the pellets contained sea butterfly extract
What is the Independent Variable?
The amount of space an object occupies.
What is Volume?
A state of matter that usually has the lowest density.
What is a Gas?
The food pellets that did not contain sea butterfly extract.
What is the Control?
The amount of mass in a specific volume.
What is Density?
A state of matter that usually has the lowest temperature.
What is a Solid?
Whether or not the predators ate the pellets.
What is the Dependent Variable?
A measure of the average thermal energy in an object.
What is Temperature?
A state of matter that has higher density than another state of matter only when the substance is water.
What is a liquid?