Scientific Method
What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is state the problem
Is this testable:
Is the beach more fun than the mountains?
What is no, this is not testable.
What is a variable?
What is a factor that can be changed in an experiment
What is the definition of science?
What is the use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated through this process.
What is the definition of Biology?
What is...the study of life
What step of the scientific method do you test your hypothesis?
Experiment
Is this testable?
Does the amount of mentos affect the height of the soda explosion?
Yes, this is testable.
What is descriptive investigation?
What is involving collecting data and recording observations without making comparisons.
An ______ is a logical conclusion that combines what you know with what you have learned and observed
what is Inference
Name something a biologist would study
What step of the scientific method is missing?
State the problem/question, ___________, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analze data, draw conclusions.
What is gather information
Is this testable?
If you drink more milk will you get stronger bones?
No, this is not testable
What is comparative investigation?
What is collecting data with variables that are manipulated to compare results.
The ________________ involves a series of steps that are used to investigate a natural occurrence.
What is Scientific Method.
What is an example of a scientific law?
answers vary :)
In which step of the scientific method do you present your experiment, observations and conclusions to others?
Share Results
Is this testable?
If you smoke more cigarettes, will you have a better chance of getting lung cancer?
No, this is not testable
What highly reliable, well established explanation of a natural or physical phenomenon
____________ involves processes similar to comparative investigations but in which a control is identified.
What is experimental investigation
what is adaptation?
What is ...the process by which organisms change their internal states to survive and maintain key functions in response to environmental changes
List all six steps of the scientific method.
What is Question/state the problem, gather information, form hypothesis, test hypothesis, Analyze Results, draw conclusions.
is this testable?
Does the type of wood affect how long it burns?
Yes, this is testable
What is scientific law?
What is a statement about what happens in nature; it seems to be true all of the time.
Thinking about the hypothesis: If soil temperatures rise, then plant growth will increase. What might a control in this experiment be?
What is... using the same potting soil, making sure both plants have an equal amount of light etc.
What is homeostasis?
what is...the body's tendency to maintain a balance or equilibrium within its internal environment, even when faced with external changes.