science chapter 1 complete Flashcards
Cover with a clean dressing and apply direct pressure to stop bleeding
Cuts
Flush the skin with large amounts of water
Foreign objects in the eye
Immerse in cold water
Burns
Flush the skin with large amounts of water
Spills on skin
___ is using one or more of your senses to gather information
Observing
A ___ ____ accurately shows the proportions between its parts
Scale model
When you explain or interpret the things you observe, you are…
Inferring
Describes how to measure a variable or define a term
Operational definition
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question
Hypothesis
The facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations
Data
An _____ is a living thing
Organism
The study of life is
Biology
The different ways scientists study the natural world
Scientific inquiry
Sharing of ideas and experimental findings with others through writing and speaking
Communicating
A _____ _____ is a part of the experiment to which you can compare the results of the other tests
Control group
The one variable that is purposely changed in an experiment
Manipulated variable
An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time
Controlled experiment
Deal with descriptions that can’t be expressed in numbers, a type of observation
Qualitative observation
_______ is the process of change that causes an organism to become more complex during its life time
Development
To deal with a number or amount, a type of observation
Quantitative observation
______ is the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way
Classifying
The way that an organism is put together
Structure
______ ______ involves creating representations of complex objects or processes
Making models
The structure and function of an organism are _______, or work together o meet the needs of the organism
Complementary
The factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable
Responding variable
_____ is making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
Predicting
The study of the natural world is _____
Science
Processes that enable an organism to survive
Functions
The study of living things is called ____ ____
Life science
Factors that can change in an experiment
Variables
