jeopardy

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Scientific Method
Metrics
Is it Alive?
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The first step of the scientific method
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• Determine the problem

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An educated guess
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• hypothesis

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What one does to test their educated guess
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• experiment

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The statement The fish is slow. is an example
of this step.
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• Gathering information making observations

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If a hypothesis is wrong, what step(s) a
scientist would do again.
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• All of them

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The number metrics is based on
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• 10

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This is the basic unit of length.
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• meter

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Liters is used to measure this type of
measurement.
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• volume

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A kilometer is this many times greater than a
meter.
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• 1000

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5.35 meters would be this many centimeters.
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• 535 cm

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Increase in size
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• growth

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The smallest structural unit by which all living
things are organized.
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• cell

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To make more of your own kind for the
continuation of the species.
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• reproduce

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Blinking is an example of this characteristic
caused by a stimulus.
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• response

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Why a flame would not be considered alive.
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Doesnt show all the signs of life
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Standard to compare experimental results.
control
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The application of scientific research to
societys needs
technology
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Anything that possesses all the characteristics
of life.
Living organism
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A group of organisms that can interbreed.
species
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When a scientist collects samples and records his
findings he is collecting __(4 letter
word)____________.
data
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Final Jeopardy

• What is the difference between a hypothesis and a
  theory?

A hypothesis is an educated guess. A theory is
an explanation that is supported by much
experimental evidence.