Science Test 1

If Cercis canadensis is the scientific name for an Eastern Redbud, canadensis is the ___ name?

Which kingdom includes the bald eagle?

What is the term for a living thing that is active at night?

Which of the following would be considered flora?

What is the sum of all the chemical processes of life?

What is the term for animals that are active during the day?

What term describes a living thing in an inactive state, like hibernation, to conserve energy?

What are the hot springs on the ocean floor called?

The first thing that should be done when doing an investigation using the scientific method?

What are three types of symmetry that exist in living things? Choose all that apply

What is the scientific term for a sensible explanation to a problem?

What term includes meadow, desert, and mountain environments?

What term refers to the area between the highest and lowest points that the tide reaches?

How many independent variables will a good scientific experiment include?

In winter, some animals are inactive and hibernate. Hibernation is an example of what?

What is the process by which life continues through a generation of new living things?

A scientist who studies the habitat of an ant works in which branch that studies living things?

What is the smallest unit of a living thing that can be said to be alive?

What is the science of classification?

What is the term for the study of reasoning?

What is a scientific idea that has survived many experiments without being proven false?

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of science?

What are the substances in food that provide living things with energy?

What is the place where an organism lives?

In an experiment, a group on which a test is performed is what group?

What is the scientific term for living things?

Who is considered the Father of Taxonomy?

What type of symmetry do humans and most animals have?

What is a plant or animal that consists of many cells with different purposes?

What kind of reasoning uses general evidence to come to a more specific conclusion?

What is a way of explaining an object or event in science by using a set of facts?

What is the order of Linnaeus's classification system?

The scientific method was introduced by who?

What are the three main steps in the scientific method? Choose all that apply

Who was the Englishman who introduced the scientific method?

What is a conclusion based on reasoning from evidence?

What is the stable internal condition that a living thing must maintain to survive?

What is the scientific term for facts about nature?

Which word best fits "the branch of medicine that studies the diseases of the heart"?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a freshwater environment?

Which statement best explains why animal tracks can be useful in your study of living things?

What type of group is used as the standard for comparison?

Who developed the modern definition of the word species?

What kind of an environment would a robin live in?

Ms. Alicia studies sea snails. What branch of biology is that?

What is the sum of all chemical processes in life?

What term refers to a distinct type of living thing?

Which word best fits "a large cell that eats harmful particles in the body"?

Which of the following definitions best matches the word hypothermia?

A picture can provide a partial representation of something so it is called a scientific _____?

What is a living thing's home within its environment called?

If Kambelle is testing 3 different temps for hatching eggs, temperature is the ___ variable?

What is the first part of an organism's scientific name?

What are the conditions in an experiment that are the same for all groups?

What does the term fauna describe?

What level of classification is directly below class?

After some research, what would be the next step to take when doing an investigation?

The original kingdoms of biological classification were Plantae and what?

What is the study of body structure?

What are conditions in an experiment that are the same for all groups?

What is the study of living things?

While doing an experiment in lab, you accidentally drop a beaker, it breaks. What do you do?

In what process do cells combine substances from food with oxygen to make energy?

What term refers to seas and oceans?

Which is not a safety rule for science labs?

What is a general term for a water environment?

What kind of reasoning goes from specific evidence to a more general conclusion?

What kind of organism consists of a single cell that performs all of the organism's functions?

What is the term for facts about nature?

What is the primary basis for classifying living things?