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What it is and is Not
Methodology
Where Ideas Come From
Characteristics of Living Things
Potpourri
100
An organized way to gather and analyze evidence about the natural world
What is science?
100
Scientific studies begin with this act of noticing and describing what is happening in an orderly way.
What is observation?
100
Curiosity, skepticism, open-mindedness, and creativity
What scientific attitudes help make new ideas?
100
This is the study of life.
What is biology?
100
Using science involves understanding its limitations and how it fits into society.
What is how science and society are related?
200
To give explanations for natural events, to understand patterns and to make predictions.
What are the goals of science?
200
This is an idea based on what is already known.
What is an inference?
200
Scientists share their findings with other scientists by publishing papers that go through this.
What is peer review?
200
They are made up of basic units called cells, based on the universal genetic code, obtain and use materials and energy, grow and develop, reproduce, respond to their environment, maintain a stable internal environment, and change over time.
What characteristics do all living things share?
200
This is a signal to which a living thing reacts.
What is a stimulus?
300
It only deals with the natural world.
What is science?
300
This is a scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
300
This is a well-tested explanation that accounts for a lot of observations and hypotheses and lets scientists make good predictions.
What is a scientific theory?
300
This is when conditions inside organisms are kept with certain limits.
What is homeostasis?
400
These people collect and organize information in an orderly way, looking for patterns and connections.
Who are scientists?
400
An experiment in which only one variable is changed
What is a controlled experiment?
400
All organisms store the information they need to live, grow, and reproduce in a genetic code written in this molecule.
What is DNA?
400
This is when you question existing ideas and hypotheses and do not believe ideas without evidence.
What is skepticism?
500
While scientists aim for the best understanding that can be found, this is a part of science that makes it so exciting.
What is uncertainty?
500
This involves observing, asking questions, making inferences, forming hypotheses, doing controlled experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions.
What are the seven parts of scientific methodology?
500
A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific
What is bias?
500
This is a chemical reaction through which living things build up or break down materials.
What is metabolism?
500
Being willing to accept new ideas you may not agree with
What is open-mindedness?