Intro to Biology and the Scientific Method - Honors

Question 1

Which St. John's teacher loves to be asked about his/her cats?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Longton

Question 2

Which type of metabolic activity involves the building up of molecules?

Accepted Answer

anabolic

Question 3

Deserts, rainforests, and tundras are all examples of...

Accepted Answer

biomes

Question 4

What can science be considered?

Accepted Answer

A way of gathering and analyzing data, A body of knowledge acquired through experimentation

Question 5

What is the most basic unit of matter?

Accepted Answer

atoms

Question 6

When a lizard gets too hot, it moves to a cooler/shadier area. This is an example of...

Accepted Answer

responding to the environment

Question 7

What level of the hierarchy falls in between organisms and communities?

Accepted Answer

populations

Question 8

Which of the following describes a conclusive assumption based off of evidence and reasoning?

Accepted Answer

inference

Question 9

What can we conclude from the following graph?

Accepted Answer

On the 11th day, pop parade got ~150 visits

Question 10

The level that includes both the biotic and abiotic factors would be the...

Accepted Answer

ecosystem

Question 11

Scientific theories...

Accepted Answer

all of these are correct

Question 12

What is a group of similar cells called?

Accepted Answer

tissue

Question 13

Which of these is the first step of the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

Make observations

Question 14

A law seeks to answer which of the following types of questions?

Accepted Answer

What?

Question 15

What must we add to a community to become an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Abiotic factors

Question 16

The sum of the chemical reactions in our body is called our...

Accepted Answer

metabolism

Question 17

The manipulated variable is the same as the...

Accepted Answer

independent variable

Question 18

Which of the following would be considered a "homeostatic imbalance"?

Accepted Answer

getting sick

Question 19

What is considered the basic unit of life?

Accepted Answer

cell

Question 20

For the following bar graph, what information can we NOT extract?

Accepted Answer

About 70 students <26 years old took classes for interest

Question 21

A type of data that cannot be measured numerically would be considered...

Accepted Answer

qualitative

Question 22

Which of the following types of data can be considered "qualitative"?

Accepted Answer

The general shape of a balloon

Question 23

Why do we need a control group in some experiments?

Accepted Answer

To create a baseline to compare the experimental groups to

Question 24

Which of these is not considered one of the 8 characteristics of life?

Accepted Answer

gas exchange

Question 25

Which of these is NOT part of the hierarchy of life?

Accepted Answer

groups

Question 26

What level of the hierarchy falls in between cells and organs?

Accepted Answer

tissues

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT a goal of science?

Accepted Answer

test to prove hypotheses correct

Question 28

What should you do when your hypothesis is refuted?

Accepted Answer

Develop a new hypothesis, Develop a new experiment

Question 29

Which of the following characteristics of life could we live without as an organism?

Accepted Answer

reproduction

Question 30

What is another word for your dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

data

Question 31

The process of maintaining a stable internal environment is called...

Accepted Answer

homeostasis

Question 32

A theory seeks to answer which of the following types of questions?

Accepted Answer

Why?

Intro to Biology and the Scientific Method - Honors

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Intro to Biology and the Scientific Method - Honors

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