Should you ever return to your hypothesis?

Yes--if your first thoughts were wrong, change them

What is an example of something you could be doing in the fourth step of the scientific method?

Measuring a change in water levels

Something in an experiment that changes

Line charts show what?

How an object changes over time

The scientific method is...

a method of solving problems and answering question.

Which is not an exception to the rule that living things can give birth to fertile offspring?

Organisms that do not reproduce

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Chapter 1 test review for Enterprise High School 9th Grade Biology

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1
The first step of the scientific method does not potentially include which of these?
A problem
A riddle
A question
An observation
2
What is the fifth step of the scientific method?
Change your control group
Do background research
Rewrite the sentence
Analyze your data
3
If an object has all but one of the characteristics of life, is it alive?
No, it must have all four
Yes, they're more like guidelines really
Sometimes--it depends on which characteristic you skip
4
What is another name for a hypothesis?
A dependent variable
An independent variable
An educated guess
A control group
5
Should you ever return to your hypothesis?
No--you should make your experiment fit the hypothesis
Yes, to make sure you picked what you WANT to happen
Yes--if your first thoughts were wrong, change them
No--the hypothesis isn't important or fun
6
Which of these is a characteristic of life?
Hunting
Disorganization
Growth and development
Musical ability
7
Can an object be missing one of the characteristics of life and still be alive? Why or why not?
Yes, bacteria aren't organized
Yes, bacteria don't grow
No, it must have all four
No, hybrids aren't alive
8
What is an example of something you could be doing in the fourth step of the scientific method?
Measuring a change in water levels
Writing an "If/then" statement about cows
Posting your experiment results on Instagram #sciencelife
Googling experiments involving fruit bats
9
If you wanted to show the percentage of students who have a part-time job, you would use...
A newspaper
A pie chart
A line graph
A Venn diagram
10
Which of these is not an example of an adaptation?
Putting on a jacket in the winter
Camoflage
Sweating in the heat
Drinking chocolate milk
11
Which is not an example of how living things are organized?
People all having two eyes and ears each (most of the time)
Species live in communities
Cells make up tissues
Monkeys using tools
12
What is a variable?
Something in an experiment that stays the same throughout
Something that helps illustrate a point or expression
Something in an experiment that changes
Something in research that shows new material
13
What kind of tool would not be effective to discuss quantitative data?
A Venn diagram
A pie chart
A line graph
A bar graph
14
Line charts show what?
How an object changes over time
A percentage of a whole
Simple quantities or amounts
How two or more objects compare to other
15
The scientific method is...
only used by scientists in expensive labs.
made up of ten steps.
a method of solving problems and answering question.
not helpful if you aren't doing huge experiments.
16
What is the third step of the scientific method?
Check for independent variables
State the problem
Make a hypothesis
Analyze your data
17
What step of the scientific method asks you to do "background research"?
2nd
7th
11th
3rd
18
Which is not an exception to the rule that living things can give birth to fertile offspring?
Hybrids, like mules and ligers
Organisms that may have genetic defects
Organisms that have injuries to their reproductive systems
Organisms that do not reproduce
19
What type of chart is used to show how an object compares to another object's qualities?
Pie chart
Bar graph
Informational chart
Venn diagram
20
Which of these is not an example of qualitative or descriptive data?
The number of ducks in a row
The smell of a new chemical
The color of a sports car
The sound of a blue whale
21
What is something you could do in the last step of the scientific method?
Make a poster or presentation
Write a report
Send out tweets
All of the above
22
What is the term for the portion of an experiment that WE change by our choice?
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Educated guess
Control group
23
Which chart is the most helpful for showing the number of kids who like frogs in a preschool?
Bar graph
Venn diagram
Line graph
Pie chart

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