History of Science
This man is also known as the father of MODERN science
Who is Galileo Gilalei
This variable never changes in an experiment
What is a constant variable
This is the name of the ERA of the dinosaurs
What is the Mesozoic era
This type of fossil occurs when an organism is turned to stone or rock
What is a petrified fossil
We have these structures left over from our ancestors but we don't use or need them anymore
What is a vestigial structure
_____ is the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the world around us using observations and evidence
What is science?
In an experiment, this variable tells us WHAT we are going to change in the experiment.
What is the Independent Variable
This is the FIRST period of the mesozoic era, when dinosaurs first appeared.
What is the TRIASSIC period?
This type of fossil is a hollow imprint of an organism in a rock
What is a mold fossil
This is the Idea that all living things are related and can be traced back to the same ancestor
What is Common Ancestry
Galileo added this step to Aristotle's theory of explaining the world through observations
What is Experimentation
In an experiment, his variable is the variable that tells us HOW we are going to measure the change.
What is the Dependent Variable
This is the place the Meteor hit that wiped out the dinosaurs
What is Yucatan, Mexico
This type of fossil shows an organisms day to day activities but is NOT the organism itself. EX: a footprint
This man is the father of evolution and he believed we all came from a Common ancestor and have changed due to our environments over time.
Who is Charles Darwin
This theory was created by Aristotle, and it states the idea that all learning comes from understanding the world through our senses, aka our experiences and observations.
What is Empiricism
This statement is often written as If ___, Then____
What is a Hypothesis
During this time period is when the meteor hit that wiped out the dinosaurs. This is also when flowers started to flourish and insects also evolved.
The CRETACEOUS period
This type of fossil occurs when just the outline of an organism is preserved on top of a rock due to lots of pressure
What is a carbon film
These structures look the SAME on the outside but are actually made up of very different substances on the inside because they DO NOT have a recent common ancestor.
What is an Analogous Structure
Galileo was banished to his home for the rest of his life for publishing a writing that stated this ________
What is, The sun is the center of the universe
This part of the scientific method tells people what the results were in your experiment
What is the conclusion
This is the time period also know as the golden age of the dinosaurs. When birds first evolved and mammals first appeared.
What is the JURASSIC Period
This is the name of the scientist who study fossils
What is a paleontologist
What is a homologous structure