These 5 steps allow scientists to complete thorough investigations.
What is the scientific method?
100
To group something based off characteristics, is called this.
What is to classify?
100
All the stages of life, from birth to death.
What is a life span?
100
I am a group of animals that have a backbone.
What is a vertebrate?
100
I have scales as a body covering and gills that allow me to breath underwater - which is where I live my entire life.
What is a fish?
200
An educated guess that answers the question being asked.
What is a hypothesis?
200
To allow them to organize and groups animals based off characteristics making it easier for them to study these things.
What is the reason that scientists classify living organisms?
200
When an animal changes form during their life they have this type of life cycle.
What is metamorphosis?
200
I am a group of animals whose body temperature stays the same at 98.6 whether it is hot or cold outside.
What is warm-blooded?
200
I start my life in an egg. When I hatch from the egg I have dry skin that has scales. I am cold-blooded.
What is a reptile?
300
When completing an experiment it is important to always take notes. These notes on observations become your what?
What is data?
300
Name the two categories that everything on Earth can be classified into.
What is living and non-living?
300
The names of two animals that go through metamorphosis.
What is a frog and a butterfly?
300
I am an animal that does not have a spinal cord.
What is an invertebrate?
300
During my life span my gills change into lungs so that I am able to live on land.
What is an amphibian?
400
List the 5 steps of the scientific method in order.
1. Ask a Question, 2. Construct a Hypothesis, 3. Perform an Experiment, 4. Collect and Analyze Data, 5. Draw Conclusions
400
You are going for a walk in the park and decided to classify things into living things and non-living things. Name three things in each group that you might have classified.
(answers will vary)
400
Name the 4 stages in metamorphosis and describe what a butterfly looks like in each stage.
What is egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (cocoon), adult (butterfly)
400
When it is cold outside my body "freezes" then when the sun comes out I "wake up". I can't control the temperature of my body.
What is cold-blooded?
400
I am able to soar above the land and look for my prey below. I have hollow bones and wings which allow me to do to this.
What is a bird?
500
Write a hypothesis for this question: Which material will melt ice the fastest: water, salt, soda, or coffee?
(Answers will vary) I hypothesize....because...
500
You went for a walk in the woods over the weekend and stopped when you noticed a big brown furry things on the path. It was not moving but it looked as if the things chest was rising as if it was breathing. How could you tell if this thing was living or not?
Since it was breathing you can tell that this animal was living. Also if you decide to watch the animal for a longer period of time, it will probably end up moving or at least picking up its head and it will eat.
500
All groups of animals start there lives as this, except for mammals.
What is an egg?
500
Humans, fish, snakes, monkeys, birds, and frogs can all be classified in this group.
What is a vertebrate?
500
I am born alive and depend on my mother when I am young. I also have hair or fur covering my body.