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Unit 1- Nature of Science
Unit 1- Nature of Science
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Review of Characteristics, the Scientific method, and the themes of biology
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A cat jumps when a book falls off the table. The book falling in this situation is a....
response
stimulus
adaptation
homeostasis
2
What is Earth's #1 Source of energy?
The Sun
animals
Plants
The Earth's Core
3
All of the chemical reactions that take place in the body
metabolism
response
homeostasis
adaptation
4
The 1st step of the scientific method is...
analyze the data
form a hypothesis
come to a conclusion
make an observation
5
Can Ideas in science Change?
Yes
No
6
What type of reproduction only needs one parent?
Non-Sexual
Sexual
Asexual
Unisexual
7
what kind of statement do we need for a hypothesis?
If ______ Then _____
Why _____ Because ______
If __________ Why ________
How _________ Then _______
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What two things do Biologists study?
Interactions & Diversity of Life
Atoms & Molecules
Stars & planets
Energy & Motion
9
Who cannot make their own energy
a consumer
a producer
a chemo-synthesizer
a plant
10
What is the ability of a species to adjust to its environment
Adaptation
development
homeostasis
growth
11
What is the ability to do work?
homeostasis
eating
energy
metabolism
12
In an experiment, the one variable that is changed is called the
controlled variable
dependent variable
experimental variable
independent variable
13
What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.
drawing conclusions
making a hypothesis
interpreting data
making an observation
14
Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?
If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high.
If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't bounce as high
If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high
Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high.
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In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called the
dependent variable
experimental variable
independent variable
control variable
16
a baby snake becoming an adult snake is an example of what
development
growth
adaptation
response
17
What is the smallest living thing?
atom
cell
tissue
molecule
18
What is the idea that life can come from non-life?
synthesis
Biogenesis
spontaneous generation
Reproduction
19
A cat jumps when a book falls off the table. The cat jumping in this situation is a....
adaptation
homeostasis
response
stimulus
20
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life ?
Blinking
Homeostasis
Adaptation
Reproduction
