 A way of describing, predicting, and explaining nature and its changes in the simplest way possible

 The process of scientific research  What are the parts of the scientific method?  Question, Hypothesis, Design, Materials, Procedure, Evidence/Data, Analysis/Conclusions, Evaluation

 Control  Manipulated (independent)  Responding (dependent)

 The number and variety of organisms

 Diversity of life on Earth  How living things pass on their traits to future generations  Investigate the impacts of human activities on biological diversity  Understand issues and decisions associated with future activities.

 What does biological diversity look like?  How do organisms pass on their traits?  How can we prevent the loss of biological diversity on Earth?

 All Domestic cats belong to one species, Felis catus. However, these cats show many variation  Let’s take a look at some pictures of cats!

 Discrete: A limited number of variations or categories; either/or.  Example: Tall or short  Bar Graph  Continuous: A range of variations or possibilities.  Example: Height – 5’1”, 5’2”, 5’3”, 5’4”, 5’5”…  Histogram

 Bar Graph: uses bars, shows a comparison between groups.

 Line Graph: joins points together to show progression or growth

 Continual data, summary graph  Showing a count of the data points falling in various ranges