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Cat's Meow hypothesis

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Cat's Meow hypothesis Cat's Meow hypothesis I'm not sure what the question and hypothesis would be for the Cat's Meow experiment. If there are 5 toys, including the basic string, how do we form the best hypothesis? Does my child randomly chose the toy he thinks the cat will like best? If a cat likes a toy, the cat will demonstrate instinctual behaviors during play, and the more behaviors shown means the cat likes that toy the most? Re: Cat's Meow hypothesis Hello Dulciboots and welcome… Read more

Scientific American

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April 6, 2022

Science in meter and verse Read more

Cat Food Help

Ask an Expert Topic Forum: Grades 9-12: Life, Earth, and Social Sciences

Cat Food Help Cat Food Help Resolved Re: Cat Food Digestion Help Hi Sacredwave, What a great experiment! Each digestive enzyme has a different function: protease to digest proteins, lipase to digest fats and amylase to digest carbohydrates. Papain is the enzyme used in meat tenderizer as it breaks down proteins and cat foods are primarily composed of protein. To keep your experiment consistent with the experiment you cited, I suggest using an enzyme that breaks down proteins. The Digestive… Read more

Cat Food Digestibility

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Cat Food Digestibility Cat Food Digestibility I am testing the digestibility of different types of cat food. First I add 300ml of HCl at pH level 2 to 150g of dry cat food to denature the proteins. Then I must add 300ml of meat tenderizer to mimic the acid in a cat's stomach. This will break down the proteins to amino acids. The procedure says to pour the meat tenderizer. Does that mean I need liquid meat tenderizer? Can I use powder meat tenderizer? Will the sodium in powder meat tenderizer… Read more

Is That Cat Overweight?

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Scientific Method

Did you know that there are millions of overweight cats and dogs in the United States? Is your pet one of them? How about your neighbor's cat or your grandma's dog? In this science project you'll determine what percentage of the pets you know are overweight and how their weights compare to pets' weights throughout the United States. Read more

Science News

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December 3, 2025

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements. Read more

Using Your Own Cat

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Using Your Own Cat Using Your Own Cat My fifth-grader is using our cat as a "customer" for her Engineering Design project to build a better cat toy. Does she need to fill out the vertebrate forms for ISEF fairs? Is she supposed to find some kind of SRC to approve her plans and if so, how do you do that? Re: Using Your Own Cat Hi, Yes, your daughter will need to fill out the vertebrate animal form. However, since this appears to only be a non-invasive study on animal behavior, you might… Read more

EurekAlert!

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February 1, 2012

Extensive DNA tests by experts at the University of Warwick on two deer carcasses found in Gloucestershire have not found any indication of a big cat presence. Read more

Scientific American

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September 4, 2024

Not all cats are hydrophobic Read more

x inactivation in tortioseshell cats

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x inactivation in tortioseshell cats x inactivation in tortioseshell cats Hi im having trouble doing this project with the hypothesis and the variables. For my hypothesis i have 'If Xinactivatiion causes the colors of a tortoiseshell cat by inactivating one x chromosome, then the orange fur color will show up the most, bacause the orange allel is dominant'. My independent variable is the cats' genes (which i dont know if i print out pics) and the dependent variable is the cats coat color… Read more