Science Order and Design Test 1 (7th Grade)

Who is considered the father of taxonomy?

What is the science of classification?

A scientific idea that has survived many experiments and observations without being proven false is a law.

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of science?

This environment includes meadow, desert, and mountain environments

What is the primary basis for classifying living things?

What are the hot springs in the ocean floor called?

The three main steps of any scientific method are hypothesizing, ____________, and experimenting.

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

The Englishman who introduced the scientific method was

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

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

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

Which of the following would be part of an environment's flora?

A plant or animal that consists of many cells with different purposes is multicellular.

Dr. Hall is studying the eating habits of sea snails. In what branch of biology is Dr. Hall working?

What kind of environment would a robin live in?

The environment that includes trees is

What is the term for the study of reasoning?

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

The scientific term for fact about nature is data.

Which kingdom includes the bald eagle?

The smallest unit of a living thing that can be said to be alive is an atom.

General term for a water environment

The process by which life continues through a generation of new living things is reproduction.

The smallest unit of a living thing that can be said to be alive is a cell.

The environment that includes seas and oceans is

How many independent variables will a good scientific experiment include?

The stable internal condition that a living thing must maintain to survive is called _______________?

The sum of all the chemical processes of life is called

Some experiments include a group that is used as a standard for comparison. What is this group called?

What does the term fauna describe?

____________ are substances in food that provide living things with energy.

What term refers to a distinct type of living things?

Reasoning from specific evidence to a more general conclusion is ____________ reasoning.

A conclusion based on reasoning from evidence is a(n)

The area between the highest and lowest points that the tide reaches is

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

If a photograph provides a partial representation of what dogs are like, it is a scientific ____________ of dogs.

A nocturnal living thing is active at night.

If Aptenodytes forsteri is the scientific name for the emperor penguin, forsteri is the species name.

A scientific idea that has survived many experiments and observations without being proven false is a hypothesis.

The modern definition of the species was developed by John Ray.

Raelyn is making a poster of safety rules for science labs. Which of the following should she NOT put on her poster?

The scientific term for living things is

What is the study of body structure?

If Aptenodytes forsteri is the scientific name for the emperor penguin, forsteri is the genus name.

A plant or animal that consist of many cells with different purposes is unicellular.

Which one of the following is NOT one of the three types of symmetry?

What level of classification is directly below class?