Thinking Like A Scientist
The Study Of Life
Scientific Inquiry
Safety in the Laboratory
CHALLENGE
100
using one or more of your senses to gather information.
What is the definition of observing?
100
is the study of life.
What is biology?
100
a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.
What is the definition of hypothesis?
100
You should always prepare a day before performing a lab.
When should you prepare for a lab.
100
There are 3 sections in chapter 1.
How many sections are in chapter 1?
200
an observation dealing with numbers.
What is a quantitative observation?
200
is the study of life.
What is biology?
200
Scientific Inquiry refers to the diverse ways in which scientists investigate the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.
What is Scientific Inquiry referred to?
200
When wearing safety goggles they protect your eyes and also protect you from chemical splashes, glass breakage, and sharp objects.
When wearing safety goggles for a lab what do they protect and what do they protect you from?
200
the facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
What is data?
300
The 5 senses that are require for observing objects are: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
What are the 5 senses required for observing objects.
300
Four branches of life science are: Molecular biology, genetics, physiology, and ecology are just some fields of life science.
Name four branches of life science.
300
Yes, a hypothesis must always be testable so that researchers can be able to carry out investigations and gather evidence that will either support or disprove the hypothesis.
Does a hypothesis always have to be testable?
300
When wearing plastic gloves for a lab they protect your skin and protect you from handling animals, plants, and chemicals.
When wearing plastic gloves for a lab what do they protect and what do they protect you from?
300
the factors that can change in an experiment, must be exactly the same.
What are variables?
400
Scientists use a wide variety of skills such as: observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and making models to learn more about the world and make scientific progress.
What skills do scientists use?
400
One big idea of life science is that organisms are diverse, yet share similar characteristics.
Name one big idea of life science.
400
The two different types of variables are: the manipulated variable, and the responding variable.
What are the two different types of variables?
400
If you are a girl or a guy with long hair you must put your hair up to keep it away from flames, chemicals, or equipment.
If you are a girl or a guy with long hair do you leave your hair down or put it up? Why?
400
are the processes that enable an organism to survive.
What are functions?
500
Yes, predictions are a type of inference because an inference is any explanation or interpretation and a prediction is an inference about the future.
Are predictions a type of inference?
500
Yes, characteristics of any group of organisms can change over time.
Can characteristics of any group of organisms change over time?
500
The most used set path for scientific inquiry is to: 1) Pose a question 2) Develop a hypothesis 3) Design an experiment 4) Collect and interpret the date 5) Draw conclusions 6) Communicate your data
What is the most used set path for scientific inquiry?
500
When any accident occurs, no matter how minor, notify your teacher immediately. Then listen to your teacher's directions and carry them out quickly.
When any accident occurs what do you do?
500
the way that an organism is put together as a whole.
What is structure?