Scientific Method
An educated guess.
What is hypothesis?
The study of life.
What is biology?
This explains an occurence.
What is a theory?
When I was five, I was only 3 feet tall, and now I am 5 feet tall, because I am a living thing, and all living things _________.
What is grow?
Science is a body of knowledge based on the study of _________________.
What is the natural world.
The first step in conducting an experiment.
What is "ask a question"?
A living thing is called an __________.
What is an organism?
This tells what will happen, but not explain why.
What is a scientific law?
I got really hungry after school, so I ate some cookies and felt much better. I felt better because I am a living thing and living things use _______ to survive.
What is energy?
"Gray skies mean it will rain" is an example of one of these.
What is an inference?
2 types of data
What is qualitative and quantitative?
What is growth?
As new information comes about, these can change.
What is a scientific theory?
My neighbor is pregnant with her third child. I can tell she is a living thing, because all living things _________.
What is reproduce?
What are constants?
The variable that is measured
What is dependent variable?
The production of offspring (the main goal of most organisms).
What is reproduction?
True or False. Scientific theories can become laws.
What is false?
In the winter, I put on lots of clothes before I leave the house, and don't stay outside for very long, because as a living thing I _________ to the environment.
What is respond?
The group that is used for a comparison in some experiments.
What is the control group?
The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter
What is independent variable?
A group of organisms that can reproduce with one another
What is a species?
Give an example of a scientific theory. Then give an example of a scientific law.
What is .......
Name 8 characteristics of living things
What is .......
Explain why a rock is not a living organism.
What is .................