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19 Cards in this Set
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What is the study of plants? |
Botany |
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A tentative, unproven explanation for something that has been observed. |
Hypothesis |
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Science is... |
the observation, recording, organization, classification of information. |
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What involves the observation, recording, organization, and classification of information? |
The scientific method |
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What is the experimental group that runs as a comparison to the changed group? |
Independent variable |
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What is the experimental group that is dependent on the independent group? |
dependent variable |
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To determine if fertilizer increases the growth of the palm trees. Stacy added 2 pounds of fertilizer in the first group, 3 pounds in the second group, and 5 pounds in the third group. After a few days, they recorded their data and found that the palm trees in the five pound group is significantly taller than the rest.
What is the independent variable and the dependent variable? |
Fertilizer, growth |
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What is the study of structure of plants? |
Plant anatomy |
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What is the study of function of plants? |
Plant physiology |
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What is the study of classification of plants? |
Plant taxonomy |
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What is the study of distribution of plants? |
Plant geography |
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What is the study of the interaction between plants and their environment? |
Plant ecology |
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What is the science of heredity? |
Genetics |
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Convert 1 kilometer into meter |
1000 m |
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Convert 1 hectometer into meter |
100 m |
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Convert 1 meter into decimeter |
10 dm |
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Convert 1 meter into millimeter |
1000 mm |
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Convert 1 dekameter into meter |
10 m |
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Convert 1 meter into centimeter |
100 cm |
