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Quarter 1 assessment
Quarter 1 assessment review vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Factors kept the same in an experiment | Constant |
| The one thing I change in an experiment | Independent variable |
| Can be answered using books, the internet or other sources | Researchable question |
| Can be answered on your own using direct observation or performing a lab experiment. | Testable question |
| 1st step in the scientific method | State the problem |
| List of "I Know" statements related to your problem. | Gathering information or data |
| Making a prediction as to what is going to happen in the experiment | Hypothesis |
| What I observe happen in an experiment | Dependent variable |
| A part of an experiment that is not changed it is used for comparision | Control |
| This is the part of the experiment where I collect the data and "show" my results | Observation |
| I explain what happened during the experiment and whether my hypothesis was right or wrong | Conclusion |
| Consumer that eats only plants | herbivore |
| Consumer that eats both plants and animals | omnivore |
| Consumer that eats only other animals | carnivore |
| An organism that can make its own food | producer |
| Living factors in an ecosystem | Biotic |
| Nonliving factors in an ecosystem | Abiotic |
| All the biotic and abiotic factors found in a given area | Ecosystem |
| Plants that emerge from the pond water, example cattails | Emergent vegetation |
| Plants that do not come above the surface of the water | Submerged vegetation |
| Plants that float on the surface of the pond. | Surface vegetation |
| The region near the side of the water, animal tracks and plants can be found here | Edge water region |
| The region of the pond where you may find fish and other animals. | Open water region |
| The region of the pond where you may find lily pads, ducks or frogs. | Surface region |
| The region of the pond where its dark and many microorganisms live. | Muddy bottom region |