Lab 1: The Starting Point

How do termites communicate with one another?

• Hormones

• Pheromones

• Antennae

• Chirps

What every day item mimics termite trailing pheromones?

• Crayons

• Markers

• Bic/PaperMate ballpoint pens

• Nothing mimics pheromones

What are the 3 aspects that make up science?

• Observing, classifying, predicting

• Inferring, communicating, observing

• Content, process, attitude

• Observing, predicting, attitude

Which of the following describes science?

• Based on observations

• Searches for patterns

• Attempts to explain natural phenomena

• All of the above

True or False: The Scientific Method is a linear process that scientists use to explain the world around them

• True

• False

Which list includes some of the process skills of science?

• Observing, classifying, predicting

• Inferring, communicating, observing

• Content, process, attitude

• Observing, predicting, attitude