The Scientific Method
Question/Observation
The Sun
Rare or almost extinct.
Endangered
Coral reef, estuaries, etc...
Ocean
The number of planets in our solar system.
8
A step by step process with one variable to test a hypothesis.
Experiment
The relationship between organisms and how they get their energy by eating or being consumed.
Food Chain
Animal that kills for food.
Predator
Hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, cold
Desert
Jupiter
A guess or prediction about what the answer to a question might be.
Hypothesis
Consumers
Eats only dead animals.
Scavanger
Tropical, boreal, temperate
Forest
Galileo Galilei
Observations are recorded about what happened during the experiment.
Results
Plants are called __________ because they are the only organisms that can make their own food from sunlight.
Producers
The practice of protecting animals.
Wildlife Conservation
Savannah, temperate
Grassland
The man who hypothesized that the earth was not the center of the universe.
Nicolas Copernicus
Comparisons are made between the hypothesis and what actually happened.
Conclusion
What is needed for all living things to grow, move, or change.
Energy
Species
Arctic, alpine
Tundra
This planet rotates on its side, unlike any other planet in our solar system.
Uranus