Author: Judy Jones

Characteristics of Living Things

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Information Organizer
Number ONE

Scientific Method

Question

Observations

Hypothesis

Experiments

Data

Analysis/Interpretation

Error Analysis

Creating the Hypothesis

Use If…...then…..
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Designing the Experiment

Controlled Variable (constant):
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
Examples:

Graphing Data

Graph the following data; label the independent variable and the dependent variable; label the axes and title the graph

Time	Number of cells
0 minutes	4 cells
30 minutes	8 cells
60 minutes	16 cells
90 minutes	32 cells
120 minutes	64 cells

Data

Qualitative:
Example:
Quantitative:
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Other Issues

Hypothesis versus Theory:
Evidence versus Explanation:
Inference versus Prediction:
Sample Size

Different Levels for Studying Life