Scientific Method and Chara. of Life Study Guide

You found new information that conflicts with Charles Darwin. What should you do?

The information you gather during an experiment is called your:

The scientist named _ settled argument over whether or not life could arise nonliving matter.

What is the dependent variable?

What is the independent variable?

What is the study of plants?

When enough experimental data support a hypothesis, the hypothesis becomes a(an)

A VALID HYPOTHESIS MUST BE ABLE TO BE

Why do you control certain variables when conducting an experiment?

List the chacteristics of life in order.

What is a scientific law?

Biology is the study of

How many variables should you test at a time?

Arise from prior knowledge, logical inferences, or informed imagination.

What is the purpose of the control group?

What is biology?

You gathered information by observing what shoes students wear to school.

I am testing how light effects a plants growth.  Give the independent variable.

I am testing how light effects a plants growth. List hypothesis

What are controlled variables?

I am testing how light effects a plants growth.  Give the dependent variable.

Mr. Meeks testing effect blue-colored light on growth tomato plants. independent variable?

You stated that a seed would germinate faster using fish waste. This is a(an)

It is hot in here. This is example of _____________ data?

This is Mr. Meeks best class.

I am testing how light effects a plants growth.  What is the experimental group?

What should you do after you have a problem?

Mr. Meeks is 7 feet tall. This is example of ________ data.

What do Biologist study?

If you have 10 fish and you would like to do an experiment, for what would be the best way.

What is a theory?

controlled experiment allows the scientist to isolate and test

Based on _, Redi made a prediction that keeping flies away meat prevent appearance of maggots.

following characteristics of living things best explains why birds fly south for the winter?

What is the purpose of science?

I am testing how light effects a plants growth.  What is the control group?

A hypothesis must be able to be:

What is a controlled variable?

List the steps of the scientific method in order.