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# biointo A review of Unit 1: Nature of Science, Characteristics of Living Things, and Scientific Method

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1
A qualitative observation about this picture would be
The hair extends 2 inches below the skin.
The ears are twice as long as the face.
This dog has a shiny coat.
The cute dog has 4 legs and 1 tail
2
What is the independent variable in this experiment?
Country of origin
Average length of stay
Number of visitors
3
Sweating is an example of
C. homeostasis
A. negative feedback
B. evolution
D. A and C
4
The biggest threat to biodiversity is
humans and habitat loss
humans and global warming
all of the above
humans
5
The most biodiverse places in the world are
temperate rain forests
tropical rain forests
arctic tundra
grasslands
6
Bacteria and archaea are
eukaryotes
prokaryotes
cells with a nucleus
multicellular
7
On which axis do you graph the independent variable?
y axis
X axis
both
either axis
8
An individual living thing is called a(n)
cell
species
atom
organism
9
New evidence becomes available that contradicts part of a theory; what happens to the theory?
It is modified.
It is rejected.
The evidence is destroyed.
It is rejected.
10
The three branches of the Tree of Life are
bacteria, fungi, and eukaryotes
Fungi, plants and animals
bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes
Bacteria, fungi and archaea
11
When related parts interact to form a whole, they form a
cell
organism
system
species
12
Extremophiles are
bacteria
archaea
prokaryotic plasma
eukaryotes
13
What is the dependent variable in this experiment?
Type of kidney
Number of viable cells
Kidney 1
Kidney 2
14
Which word best describes a scientific hypothesis?
theoretical
testable
quantifiable
provable