| Characteristics of life | Metric system | Scientific method | Graphing | Ms. Tucker/Mrs. Morgan | 
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					  Cells					 
					
					 What are all living things made up of? 
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					  Meters					 
					
					 What is length measured in? 
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					  The part of the experiment that you are changing or testing					 
					
					 What is an independent variable? 
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					  Bar graphs 
					Line graphs Scatter plots 
					 What are the 3 different types of graphs? 
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					  8					 
					
					 How many siblings do I have? 
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					  Homeostasis					 
					
					 After eating a lot of candy during Halloween, our pancreas releases insulin so our blood sugar doesn’t get too high.  What characteristic of life is this showing? 
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					  Liters					 
					
					 What is volume measured in? 
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					  The thing being measured in the experiment 
					
					 What is a dependent variable 
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					  When there are groups of data					 
					
					 What are bar graphs used? 
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					  Pepperoni pizza					 
					
					 What is my favorite food? 
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					  Adaptation					 
					
					 Chinchillas having long whiskers to help move around at night is showing this characteristic of life? 
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					  1 mL					 
					
					 1 cm3 is equal to: 
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					  A hypothesis 
					
					 What is a testable statement or question based on observations? 
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					  When data is continuous					 
					
					 What are line graphs used? 
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					  Kentucky					 
					
					 What state was I born in? 
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					  When the two different species reproduce their offspring is infertile					 
					
					 What makes one species different from another? 
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					  20cm x 10mm = 200 mm 
					1cm 
					 How many mm are in 20 cm? Show your work. 
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					  A theory					 
					
					 What is an explanation of natural phenomenon supported by scientific evidence? 
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					  When there is a relationship between the two variables					 
					
					 What are scatter plots used? 
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					  Purple					 
					
					 What is my favorite color? 
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					  Made of 1 or more cells 
					Responds to stimulus Displays organization Adapts to environment Maintains Homeostasis Utilizes energy Reproduces Growth and development 
					 What are the 8 characteristics of life? 
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					  Kilo- 
					Hecto- Deka- Unit Deci- Centi- Mili- 
					 What is the correct order of the prefixes for the metric system from largest to smallest? 
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					  Observe 
					Hypothesize Experiment Gather data Report results 
					 What are the steps of the scientific method in order? 
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					  The x axis 
					
					 What axis does the independent variable go on? 
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					  Basketball					 
					
					 What is my favorite sport? 
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