Nature of Science
What three word are best used in forming a hypothesis?
What is If...then...because?
a dog having puppies is an example of
What is reproduction?
All living things are made of _______.
What are cells?
A cow swatting flies with its tail is an example of?
What is responding to its environment?
Which is not a characteristic of life, reproduction, movement, growth
What is movement?
The only variable that is intentionally changed in an experiment.
What is an independent variable?
A chameleon changing color to blend in with her surroundings is an example of _______.
What is respond to environment?
All living things must grow and _______.
What is develop?
_______ is an example to show how fish are adapted/ responded to their environment to life in the water.
multiple answers including: extra fat under skin for warmth, blowhole atop head for breathing, smooth, slick skin for moving quickly in the water, or ability to stay under water for long periods
resting, reproducing, responding to environment
What is resting?
Give an example of a scientific tool used to measure volume?
What is graduated cylinder, or beaker, or flask?
Daily Double: What is the base unit to measure volume in metric?
The ability of a living organism to maintain relatively constant internal conditions is called _______.
What is homeostasis?
Living things must obtain and use _______.
What is energy?
A snail is alive because ___________.
What is it has all of the characteristics of life?
need oxygen, need energy, respond to environment
What is needs oxygen?
This is used to make it easier to understand the data collected in an experiment.
What is a graph/chart?
All living things have these small basic units of life.
What are cells?
Living things must be able to _______ to their environment.
What is Respond?
cells, responding to environment, death
What is dying? Dying is not a characteristic of life.
The process of running an experiment from beginning to end.
What is Scientific Method or Scientific Inquiry?
Football players eating a snack before practice.
Plant needing the sun to grow.
What are examples of all living things needing energy?
The Goldilocks idea matches with which characteristic of life.
What is Homeostasis?
Water can move, make noise, take part in complex chemistry and react/change with its environment. Why is it not alive?
It cannot reproduce, contains cells etc.
Movement, Making noise, Chemical reactions
What is none of these are Characteristics of Life?