Scientific Method
Chemistry and Stuff, like language
Biology/Ecology and stuff
Planets/Genes/Other
Grammar and Idioms
100
The first step in the scientific method is....

A. Observation

B. Testing your hypothesis

C. Busting a move

A. Observation

100

What is not part of an atom? 

A. electron

B. neutron


D. proton

C. magatron

100

What is a cell in biological terms? 

a. a prison

b. the basic building block of all of life

c. a really cool bar in Bothell where all the wait staff have tattoos and say things like "Yeah, man, that's church!" 

b. the basic building block of all of life

100

Things fall to the ground because 

A. They like the ground

B. They are heavy

C. They are attracted to the earth


C. They are attracted to the earth

100
Correct the sentence: 


Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you are going to get. 

Life is like a box of chocolate. You never know what you are going to get.

Or,

Life is like a box of chocolates, and you never know what you are going to get. 

200

An hypothesis is.....


B. Stimulating a frog with electrodes

C. A conclusion to your experiment

A. An educated guess about what you think will happen in a scientific test

200

What item of an atom has a negative charge? 

neutron

200
What is a theory? 

A. A guess about something

B. A system of ideas to explain some phenomenon

C. a new way of doing something that hasn't been done before

B. A system of ideas to explain some phenomenon

200
Kepler's first law is that the planets travel in ____

A. a circular shape

B. an elliptical shape

C. the shape of a chicken 

B. an elliptical shape

200

Correct the sentence: 

I don't like studying computers I want to get a good job. 

I don't like studying computers, but I want to get a good job.

300

Which of these is NOT part of the scientific method? 

A. Communicating your results

B. Making an hypothesis

C. Questioning or wondering about something

D. Showing how correlations equal causes

D. Showing how correlations equal causes

300

The chemical elements are determined by the number of _______ they have. 

protons

300

What kind of food are most problematic to the gut biome? 

B. A system of ideas to explain some phenomenon

B. salt

C. meat

D. fat

B. A system of ideas to explain some phenomenon

300

Newton realized the ________ attracts planets to its center. 

sun
300

Correct the sentence: 

A. Although I was late, so I still wanted to attend class

B. Although I was late, I still wanted to attend class

C. Although I was late, but I still wanted to attend class

D. Although I was late I still wanted to attend class

B. Although I was late, I still wanted to attend class

400
This is an example of something that would show it is pseudoscientific or a pseudoscientific process. What is the rest of these words. 


"Looking only to c______ or support your what you believe or your b______. "


confirm 

bias

400

Grimm's Law showed how some modern languages evolved from ancient ones, so Latin "pes," Sanskrit "pada" and Greek "pous" is what word in English? 

foot

400

When wolves were reintroduced back into Yellowstone, they didn't just affect the plants and animals there. They also_______________. 

Ended up changing the course of the rivers. 

400
The genotype codes for the traits we will have. 

The phenotype is the ________ of these traits. 

expression
400

I didn't do as well on the job interview as I wanted but I _______

gave it my best shot. 

500

An experiment to see if a frog could be brought back to life by stimulating it with electrodes inspired what famous horror story? 

Frankenstein


500

Which element are all known life forms based on? 

carbon

500

Ecology is the study of ________? 

How organisms interact and influence each other and the environment in complex ways. 

500

Pythagoras showed the relationship between numbers and ________?

music

500

She's the one making the decisions. She's ________

calling the shots