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measurement
scientific method
graphs
vocabulary
Living Things (bonus)
100
a measurement of the amount of matter that makes up something
What is mass?
100
ask a question or state the problem
What is one of the first steps in the scientific method?
100
the x axis
What is the axis on which the independent variable is graphed?
100
biology
What is the study of life?
100
the smallest unit of a living thing
What is a cell?
200
a measurement used for liquids like water
What is volume?
200
an educated guess about the results of an experiment
What is a hypothesis?
200
the y axis
What is the axis on which the dependent variable is graphed?
200
a measurement of how hot or cold something is
What is temperature?
200
When you walk into the sunlight from a dark room and squint your eyes this I a ___________ to a ________.
What is a response to a stimulus?
300
The International System of Measurement
What is a system of measurement used by scientists around the world?
300
the experimental variable
What is the one thing that the experimenter changes on purpose in an experiment?
300
a relationship in which as one variable increases, so does the other
What is a direct relationship?
300
an individual form of life
What is an organism?
300
an increase in mass and an increase in number of cells
What is growth?
400
Length x width x height
What is the formula for calculating volume?
400
the control variable or variables
What is a variable that you keep the same during an experiment?
400
a relationship in which as one variable increases, the other decreases
What is an inverse relationship?
400
the best explanation for something at this point in time
What is a theory?
400
the process of maintaining a stable, life-supporting internal environment
What is homeostasis?
500
a measurement of the number of grams of solute in one liter of solution
What is ppt or parts per thousand?
500
a set of steps that scientists use to answer questions about the world around them
What is the scientific method?
500
dependent variable name vs. independent variable name
What is the format for adding a title to a line graph?
500
a factor that affects the behavior of a system
What is a variable?
500
The type of energy that is stored by living things, this type of energy undergoes chemical reactions to provide energy for all of the life processes.
What is chemical energy?