Understanding Observations
A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?
He inferred that the stars moving around Jupiter were moons.
What is Galileo Galilei?
Lighting fires deliberately to promote regrowth and clear hunt game.
What is firestick farming?
I am deliberately changed during an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
Data that is descriptive
What is qualitative?
The more you have, the better your inferences.
What is available knowledge?
He found that mold can kill bacteria.
What is Alexander Fleming?
Its a natural antiseptic liquid.
What is tea tree oil? (Or Eucalyptus oil)
I am observed and measured during an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
Data that is number based
What is quantitative?
He said Eureaka!
What is Archimedes of Syracuse
Animal activity and healthy plant growth can be a sign of this.
Fresh water.
If you don't manage these properly, your experiment will have validity issues.
What is a controlled variable?
Measures the acidity of a substance.
What is the pH scale?
The basic unit for life.
What is a cell?
It the reason why some things float in water.
Its the multigenerational technique indigenous people used to learn which plants were safe and unsafe to use.
What is trial and error?
Repeating an experiment consistently increases this.
What is reliability.
Some things fall slower than others for this reason.
A method for comparing the age of fossils based on their position in Strata.
What is relative dating?
Galileo used one of these to observe the stars.
What is a refractor telescope?
Its the process by which soluble toxins are removed from plant matter.
What is leaching?
This type of information is collected during an experiment.
What is primary data?