Question | Answer |
What is Science | an organized way of studying things and finding answers to questions, and is therfore important to everyday life to solving problems |
What is the first step in the Scientific Method | State the problem |
What is the second step in the Scientific Method | Gather information |
What is the third step in the Scientific Method | Form a hypothesis |
What is the fourth step in the Scientific Method | Perform an experiment |
What is the fifth step in the Scientific Method | Analyze data |
What is the sixth step in the Scientific Method | Draw conclusions |
What is the seventh step in the Scientific Method | RETEST |
If the hypothesis is NOT supported go back to step | step 3 and try again |
If the hypothesis IS supported then go back to step | step 4 and try again |
what are three types of biologist | botanist, zoologist, and bacteriologist |
what are botanists | study plants |
What are zoologists | study animals |
What are bacteriologist | study bacteria |
How do scientists gather information | doing fieldwork, laboratory investigations or by using coputer models |
When testing a hypothesis you should have | a control and only one variable |
Always consider what before doing experiments and why | ethical questions so nobody gets hurt or offended |
The International System of Units uses what form of measurement | SI uses the metric system of measurement |
What symbolizes poison | a picture of skull and crossbones |
What are the five characteristics of any living organism | organizationresponse to stimuli - homeostasisability to use energydevelopment and growthreproduction |
What do most organisms need to take in in order to release energy of foods and to survive | oxygen |
What are the things an organism needs to live | a place to live and raw materials such as food and water |
What would happen if living things did not reproduce | the whole species would die out and disappear |
Most organisms are composed of | more than 50% water |