Scientific Inquiry & Variables
What is a scientific questions?
A question that can be tested
What does "structure" mean in science?
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living and nonliving things interacting
Heat transfer by direct contact is called
Conduction
What does pH measure?
How acidic or basic something is
What is the independent variable?
The variable you change on purpose
What does "function" mean?
What something does or its job
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its own food
Heat transfer through fluids (warm rises, cool sinks) is
Convection
What happens to heart rate during exercise?
It increases
What is the dependent variable?
The variable you measure
Why do animals have different structures?
To help them survive in their environment
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats other organisms
Heat transfer through waves or empty space is
Radiation
What does AQI tell you?
How clean or polluted the air is
What is a controlled variable?
Something kept the same to make the test fair
Give an example of a structure and its function
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What is one example of organisms interacting in an ecosystem?
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What does warm air rise?
It becomes less dense
When looking at a microscope image, what is one thing you can observe?
Shapes, patterns, or organization
What is the difference between an observation and an inference?
Observation is what you see; inference is what you think based on what you can see
In the "Fix This Animal" activity, what was the goal?
To match structures to the correct environment so the animal could survive
They may adapt, move, or die if conditions change
If an object floats in water, what does that tell you about its density?
It is less dense than water
What does the "reasoning" part of a CER explain?
Why the evidence supports the claim