Biology - Module 1 Review

What is SCIENCE

• Analyzation & Information of things in the natural world

• a calculation done before an experiment

• formative thinking

• subjective matter

• the language of how things are made

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is OBSERVATION?

• seeing

  hearing

  feeling

  smelling

  taste

• watching for > 1 hour

• recording

  videoing

  monitoring

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is INFERENCE?

• A logical interpretation of what scientists already know

• A method of calculating the area of a circle
• A technique for solving differential equations
• A process of creating a new software application

What is a HYPOTHESIS?

• A proven scientific fact
• A type of mathematical equation
• An explanation based on observations that can be tested and proved right or wrong

• A type of chemical reaction

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is an EXPERIMENT?

• Testing a hypothesis

• A statement that explains scientific observations

• A mathematical calculation
• An unproven statement that is based on observations

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is a CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT?

• An experiment where all variables are kept constant
• An experiment that is conducted without any hypothesis
• An experiment that is conducted in a laboratory
• An experiment where only one variable is changed at a time

What is an INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?

• A variable that depends on other factors
• A variable that does not depend on other factors

• A variable that is always constant
• A variable that is always changing

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is a DEPENDENT VARIABLE?

• A variable that is manipulated in an experiment
• A variable that is observed and changes in response to the independent variable

• A variable that is constant in an experiment
• A variable that is irrelevant in an experiment

What is a CONTROL GROUP?

• A group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested
• A group in an experiment that does not receive the one independent variable being tested

• A group of people who control the experiment

• A group of variables that are kept constant in an experiment

What is DATA?

• A type of drink
• A type of food
• A type of car
• Detailed records, facts. and statistics collected from experimental observation.