Scientific Method
Name the first step of the scientific method.
What are the 5 needs of living things?
They need food, water, energy, oxygen, and environment.
What is an invertebrate?
an animal with no spine.
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What does it mean to be cold blooded?
It means an animal that can't warm itself. It needs the sun or an outside source.
Name the second step of the scientific method.
2. Gather information.
If I bring home a pet rabbit, and my pet rabbit gets bigger, what characteristic is my rabbit showing?
All living things grow.
One has a spine and the other doesn't.
What are the 3 parts of an insects' body?
Head, thorax, abodomen.
No. We can warm ourselves up.
Name the 3rd step of the scientific method.
After both of these steps they take,...
3. An educated guess. A hypothesis.
If I bring home a pet cheetah, and it runs after my pet bunny what characteristics would it show?
Move
True or false - We are invertebrates.
False - We have spines.
An insect's eyes are special.
Why?
They are doubled. They have more than one eye in each eye.
Fish are cold blooded vertebrates. What do fish in the ocean do when it gets cold out?
They migrate to warmer water.
Name the 4th step of the scientific method.
Then they use scientific tools to measure and test some variables in...
If bring home a pet frog, and it lays eggs in it's tank, what characteristic is it showing?
Reproduce
Which of these has a spine?
A fish A starfish
a fish - Starfish are invertebrates.
Name the 5 parts of an insect.
Head, thorax, abodomen, legs, antennae,
Amphibians are cold blooded vertebrates. What is the life cycle of a frog?
Egg, tadpole, froglet, adult.
Name the 5th step of the scientific method.
This information they call data, they put together so that later, they can..
5. Analyze.
If I bring home a tropical (warm weather bird), leave it outside in the winter, and it shivers, what characteristic will it show?
respond to stimuli
What would happen to you if you had no spine?
You would flop over.
What is your favorite insect?
Any insect
What is one difference between a frog and a toad?
Toads have bumpy skin, no webbed feet, and poison glands behind their eyes. Frogs have smooth skin, webbed feet and no poison glands.