Living or Non-Living
An apple that has been picked: Living or Non-Living?
Non-Living
If you eat more spinach, you will increase the iron in your blood.
What is the Dependent Variable?
What is levels of iron in your blood?
A worm turns away from light is an example of what characteristic of life?
Responding to its environment
Define Homeostasis and give an example
Maintaining a stable internal environment
Which is NOT a step in the scientific method?
A. Make an Observation
B. Collect Data
C. Form a Theory
D. Form a Hypothesis
C. Form a Theory
Which of the following are examples of living organisms?
A. DNA
B. Red Blood Cells.
C. A Bee
D. Viruses
What is C. A Bee?
Define the Following:
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Control Group
Independent Variable - Change
Dependent Variable - Measure
Control Group - Stays the Same
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?
A. Evolutionary Adaptation
B. Respose to the Environment
C. Ability to breath
D. Ability to Reproduce
What is C. Ability to breath?
Design an Experiment for the Following:
Does using coconut oil every day make your skin less dry?
Be sure to list: Hypothesis, Procedure, and Materials.
Answers may vary.
You will want your experiment to have _____________ independent variable in it for the experiment to be valid.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
What is A. 1?
Are seeds Living or Non-Living?
Living
Will riding my bike to school instead of walking get me to school faster?
What is the dependent variable?
What is how fast you get to school?
A maggot changing into a fly is an example of what characteristic of life?
Growth and Development
Is there one universal scientific method? Justify your reasoning.
Something that has never shown the characteristic of life and never will.
A. Dormant
B. Living
C. Dead
D. Non-Living
What is D. Non-Living?
Non-Living, answers may vary
Will a construction paper air plane fly faster than an airplane made from notebook paper? Give the following:
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Control Group
Independent Variable - Paper that the paper airplane is made out of
Dependent Variable - How fast the paper airplane will fly
Control Group - Will vary
You take a morning job every morning. What characteristic of life is this an example of?
In order for it to be dead, it had to be alive. Non-Living were never living to begin with.
What is Look at population?
Why would someone think that Viruses are Living? Justify your reasoning using at least 3 characteristics of life
Answers may vary
Mr. Krabbs is trying a new money making scheme. On Tuesdays he is selling his crabby patties on colored buns. He usually averages 25 customers per day. On Tuesdays he now averages 27 customers.
What was the dependent variable?
Consider a group of birds. They have just moved to a new island. On their old island, then ate berries, but now on this new island, they can only eat nuts. Over a very long time, their beaks become thicker and harder, and they are able to eat the nuts easily.
What characteristics of life is this an example of?
Evolutionary Adaptations
Why do scientist use the scientific method?
Answers may vary, but to make sure their results are valid and can be performed by other scientists
Why would someone believe that fire is living? Justify your answer using at least 4 characteristics of life
1. Reproduction
2. Growth and Development
3. Response to Environment
4. Response to Stimuli