Chapter 1 Monarch Vocabulary

Question 1

Lepidoptera

Answer 1

The order of insects that include all butterflies and moths. The monarch butterfly is part of this classification.

Question 2

Danaus plexippus

Answer 2

The scientific name for a standard monarch butterfly

Question 3

Butterfly Weed: Asclepias tuberosa

Answer 3

A species of milkweed that is on the east and southwestern coast of North America.Monarchs are attracted to this plant because of the rich and vital source of nectar that it brings.

Question 4

Common Milkweed: Asclepias syriaca

Answer 4

A species of flowering plant that Monarchs eat and lay their offspring on. It is important for the survival and growth of a monarch. Also, It is the only thing that a monarch larva will eat.

Question 5

Observing

Answer 5

The process of using one or more of your senses to gather information.

Question 6

Inferring

Answer 6

Explaining or interpreting the things you are observing. *______ is not guessing. ________ are based on reasoning from what you already know. They can also be based on assumptions you make about your observations.

Question 7

Prediction

Answer 7

Making a statement or claim about what will happen in the future based on past evidence.

Question 8

Quantitative Observations

Answer 8

Observations based on numbers or amounts

Question 9

Qualitative Observations

Answer 9

observations that are not expressed in numbers or amounts

Question 10

Classification

Answer 10

grouping together things that are alike in some way.

Question 11

Models

Answer 11

________ help people study things that cannot be observed directly.
_______ create representations of complex objects or processes. Some models can be touched , such as a map, while others can be mathematical equations or computer programs.

Question 12

Objective Reasoning

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Making decisions and drawing conclusions based on factual, available evidence.

Question 13

Subjective Reasoning

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Making decisions or conclusions based on personal feeling, tastes, opinions, values.
Example: You might see a clear stream in the woods and take a drink of water because you think clear water is clean. However, you have not objectively tested the water’s quality. The water might contain microorganisms you cannot see that can make you sick.

Question 14

Estimating

Answer 14

is an approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions. An estimate is not a guess. It is always based on known information. Scientists often rely on estimates when they cannot obtain exact numbers.

Question 15

Science

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the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.

Question 16

citizen scientist

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a member of the general public who collects and analyzes data relating to the natural world, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists.

Question 17

Curiosity

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Good scientists are inherently curious. Curiosity makes a scientist wonder why something behaves a certain way. Albert Einstein, a patent clerk before he became an eminent scientist, touted imagination and curiosity as necessary to scientific study. He claimed that he had no special talent, that he was only passionately curious. “He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed,” said Einstein. Without the curiosity and imagination of an open mind, scientists would fail to make new discoveries.

Question 18

Creativity/Imagination

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scientists must be willing to think outside of the box and consider different ideas.A scientist with an open mind is free to follow the flow of creative insight. Scientists use thinking processes that require the ability to think in uncommon ways. An open mind allows the scientist to make breakthroughs and discover new worlds. Innovation starts with a mind willing to suspend disbelief and to think things not previously thought. Many laboratory “mistakes” have led to new discoveries because of a creative insight that arose from the mistake.

Question 19

Open Mindedness

Answer 19

Science is not just the collection of data and facts about nature. Science involves a method of investigation of nature that allows the discovery of knowledge not previously known. A closed mind has no room for new knowledge. A closed mind is like a cup already full – you cannot add more liquid to the cup, or new ideas to the mind. A closed mind cannot investigate or learn new things, as it has already decided the outcome. One of the first things a scientist

Question 20

Skepticism

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A good scientist is a skeptic who questions everything, even the scientific laws previously accepted as true. A made-up mind does not welcome new evidence or information and cannot conduct a thorough investigation.

Question 21

Honesty

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deliver truthfully with accurate results no matter how it contradicts to what was previously assumed to be true

Question 22

Ethics

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moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity.

Question 23

Personal Bias

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a prejudice in favor of against one thing, person or group compared with another.

Question 24

Jane Goodal

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An amazing scientist who found out the mysteries behind primates and human beginnings.

Question 25

Catalina Aguado

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a Mexican-born citizen scientist and social worker. She is noted for discovering, with her then-husband Kenneth Brugger, the location of the overwintering sites of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.

Question 26

Ken Brugger

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A american citizen scientist who is noted for discovering, with his wife Catalina Aguado, the location of the overwintering sites of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.

Question 27

Fred Urquhart

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Was an American scientist who devoted his life to studying where the monarchs go and the mysteries behind them with his wife Nora.

Question 28

Norah Urquhart

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The wife of Fred Urquhart who helped him make many world changing scientific discoveries about monarch butterflies.

Question 29

Experimental Bias

Answer 29

Showing favor for a incorrect