Scientific Data
To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelatedness.
What is to Analyze?
A scientific test or procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a scientific question.
What is an Experiment?
Adaptation
What is an characteristic of an organism that increases its chances of survival in its environment?
A rocky or metallic object that orbits the Sun and is much smaller than a
planet.
What is an Asteroid?
The process by which water is changed from a gas (water vapor) to a liquid; a stage of the water cycle.
What is Condensation?
Measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation.
What is Data?
A term used to describe a question that can be answered through an experiment or observation.
What is Testable (scientifically testable)?
A plant or animal action, reaction, or activity that occurs in response to stimuli (e.g., gravity, light, temperature).
What is a Behavior?
An object made of rock, ice, dust, and gas that revolves around the Sun.
What is a comet?
The process by which water is changed from a liquid to a gas (water vapor); a stage of the water cycle.
What is Evaporation?
Predict/ Prediction
What is to state what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation?
Multiple sets of measurements or observations in a scientific investigation.
What are Trials?
An area that includes all living organisms and the surrounding physical features such as air, water, soil, weather, and landforms.
What is the Environment?
A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce its own light.
What is a Planet?
A form of water (e.g., hail, rain, sleet, snow) that condenses in the atmosphere and falls to Earth’s surface.
What is Precipitation?
A term used to describe the certainty of data or results of an investigation or experiment.
What is Valid?
An explanation based on evidence that is not directly observed.
What is an Inference?
A trait or characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring.
What is an Inherited trait?
The motion of one object around another object.
What is a Revolution?
The continuous movement of water through the environment by evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
What is the Water cycle?
An event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment.
What is a Variable?
A term used to describe the certainty of data or results of an investigation or experiment.
What is Valid?
Mimicry
What is when an organism copies a characteristic of another organism to increase its chances for survival or reproduction?
Rotation
What is the turning of an object on its axis?
A buildup or gathering of something that occurs over time
What is Accumulation?