The Scientific Method
An investigative method developed by Francis Bacon in 1620CE
What is: The Baconian Method of Science
Author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The ability to do work
What is: 'Energy'?
The innermost layer of the Earth
What is: The core?
The building block or 'backbone' of organic compounds
What is: Carbon?
The first step of the scientific method
The act of giving and receiving gifts from the world around you
What is: A Renewable Resource?
The percentage of fresh drinking water on the Earth
How much is: 1%?
Besides carbon dioxide, this is a waste product of Respiration in cells
What is: Water?
A factor that is manipulated by the scientist during an experiment to test its effects
What is: The Independent Variable?
Indigenous peoples view all living things - including plants and animals - as ____________ instead of objects.
What are: Subjects?
The smallest unit of matter
What is: An atom?
The age of the Earth
The process of molecules on the surface of a liquid converting to a gas without reaching the boiling point
What is: Evaporation?
Something that can impact an experiment, but cannot be controlled
What is: A Confounding Factor?
Indigenous Wisdom inspires learning from 4 aspects of our being: Mind, Body, Spirit, and ___________
What is: Emotion?
The name for a charged particle
(A group of these make up plasma)
What is: An ion?
The place where tectonic plates meet
What is: A Plate Boundary?
What are: Nitrates?
An assessment of how close a measurement are to the true value of the thing being measured
What is: Accuracy?
Indigenous Peoples make up 5% of the human population, but are responsible for the protection of this number of the world's biodiversity
How much is: 80%?
When the products of the reaction lead to an increase in that reaction
What is: A positive feedback loop?
The most famous example of a divergent boundary, where life is hypothesized to have emerged
What is: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
The process that creates 'Dead Zones' as a result of excess nitrates leaking from the soil into bodies of water
What is: Eutrophication?