Properties of Life
Something must have how many properties of life to be considered alive?
What is "all of them"?
something that claims to have scientific support, but actually does not
What is pseudoscience?
The first step of designing an experiment, before asking a question
What is making observations?
If we add nitrogen to plants and then measure their height, height is the ______________
What is the dependent variable?
This property of life relates to getting and using energy.
What is metabolism?
Regulating the body to have some constant internal state
What is homeostasis?
The belief that the position of the stars and planets at the time of someone's birth has an effect on their personality: what we did an activity about.
What is astrology/horoscopes/zodiac?
The variable I am manipulating
What is the independent variable?
If I want to study how sleep affects students' grades, name a controlled variable that should stay the same in all groups.
What is subject/age of students/amount of studying/ etc.?
One example of this property of life is when an organism splits into two new daughter clones.
What is reproduction?
The sum of all the chemical reactions in the body
What is metabolism?
Science can only investigate natural things. Give an example of things that science cannot investigate.
What is art/the supernatural/humanities?
A factor or variable in your experiment that stays the same in every group and trial
What is a constant/controlled variable?
If I give different amounts of sugar to yeast and measure the amount of carbon dioxide gas they release, what is the independent variable?
All living things have this as their basic structure.
What is the cell?
A zebra running away from a lion is an example of this property of life.
What is response to the environment/response to stimuli?
A scientific hypothesis must be able to be proven false, also known as ...
What is falsifiable?
The variable that you are measuring and recording, the one that is affected by the dependent variable
What is the dependent variable?
If Bart wants to try to improve mice's strength by putting them in the microwave, what are some ways to improve his experiment?
What is repetition/bigger groups/a control group?
A baby girl has blue eyes like her mother. This is an example of which property of life?
What is heredity?
This property of life can be seen in an egg hatching into a tadpole, which then becomes a frog.
What is growth and development?
In order for them to be accepted by the scientific community, ideas must have been this.
What is tested/experimented/supported?
This is a group where the independent variable is not changed.
What is the control group?
If we give radish plants different amounts of sunlight, then measure their height, what is the independent variable?
For this one, give an example of homeostasis.
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