How to answer a scientific question
Which answers scientific questions through
observation?
Descriptive Research
Jelly-like material that makes up most of the cell
cytoplasm
The goal of mitosis?
make two new daughter cells with the same DNA
What is the pigment in chloroplasts that performs photosynthesis?
Which layer of Earth do scientists believe is most likely made of solid matter?
Inner core
What is science?
A process used to investigate what is happening around you
An organelle in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticulum packages them and distributes them to other parts of the cel
golgi bodies
what happens in interphase?
growing and copying DNA
What are the products of photosynthesis?
oxygen and glucose
Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest?
the crust
What can science provide ?
Answers to many questions
What does the cell wall do?
provides structure and protects the cell.
How many chromosomes are in each human cell?
46
What is photosynthesis?
The process in which plants make their food.
Oceans and other bodies of water are found on which layer of Earth?
the crust
What do scientists do to find answers ?
Observe, investigate, and experiment
What do the ribosomes do?
make protiens
In cell division, what does P stand for?
prophase
In which organelle does photosynthesis take place?
chloroplast
Which layer of Earth is broken up into giant moving plates?
the lithosphere
What did early scientists use to explain things based on their observations?
Their senses
What contains chlorophyll and captures the sun's energy to produce glucose in a process called photosynthesis?
chloroplast
In what stage do the chromosomes line up along the equator of the cell?
metaphase
What is the main purpose of cellular respiration?
To convert glucose into ATP
How does temperature change as you move from the crust to the core?
it gets hotter