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Life and the Scientific Method

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name

Class

Date

Identify the independent variable:

Staring at the solar eclipse will cause eye damage.

The solar eclipse

Staring at the solar eclipse

Eye damage

Type of eye damage

Research Question: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable?

Type of gasoline

which car the gas is put into

how fast the car can drive

how much gas is put into the car

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, what is the dependent variable?

Type of plant

Water, apple juice, milk

Plant growth

Color of the plant's leaves

Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable?

Distance traveled by the ball

Height of the ramp

Mass of the ball

Where the experiment took place.

Living things are made up of units called

DNA

Cells

Homeostasis

Seeds

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

homeostasis

equilibrium

balance

evenness

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

All living things use energy

All living things contain cells

All living things maintain homeostasis

All living things grow

A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching.

All living things reproduce

All living things maintain homeostasis

All living things use energy

All living things contain DNA

A worm turns away from light is an example of a worm

reproducing

doing cellular respiration

having cells

responding to its environment

10.

What is the difference between a theory and a law?

Theories aren't proven and laws are.

Theories will become laws when they have enough data.

Theories are explanations and laws are observations.

Theories are observations and laws are explanations.

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Life and the Scientific Method

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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