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The Scientific Method
Experimenting to Find Answers
Fields of Biology
Grab Bag I
Grab Bag II
100
The 1st step of the scientific method
What is ask a question
100
a special kind of test to get information
What is an experiment
100
the study of plants
What is botany
100
Genetics is the study of how these are passed along to future generations
What are characteristics
100
this prefix (beginning of a word) means small
What is micro-
200
The 2nd step of the scientific method
What is gather information
200
something proven to be true
What is a fact
200
the study of animals
What is zoology
200
Farmers might ask this type of scientist for information to help them grow better crops
What is a botanist
200
This type of scientist might be hired to help protect the environment
What is an ecologist
300
The 3rd step of the scientific method
What is form a hypothesis
300
a set of steps followed by scientists
What is the scientific method
300
the study of how characteristics are passed from one generation to the next
What is genetics
300
The study of all living things
What is biology
300
Scientists use these to test answers to questions
What are experiments
400
The 4th step of the scientific method
What is test your hypothesis
400
a possible answer to a scientific question
What is a hypothesis
400
the study of living things that are too small to be seen with the naked eye
What is microbiology
400
This type of scientist might study trees (or all living things, in general)
What is a biologist
400
another word for gathering information
What is researching
500
The 5th (and final step) of the scientific method
What is draw conclusions
500
a theory that has been tested many times and is not proven false
What is a law
500
the study of how living things interact with one another and with the nonliving world
What is ecology
500
The part of an experiment in which the conditions are kept constant
What is the control
500
In an experiment, this is the condition being tested
What is the variable