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Biology Review Unit 1
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1
The shape of a cell determines it's
Name
Color
Function
size
2
Which of the following is a testable hypothesis?
Ice cream is delicious
Roses are more beautiful than tulips
A plant needs at least five hours of sunlight/day to grow
Humans will live on MArs one day
3
The process of becoming adjusted to a certain environment is known as
Moving in
Living
Adapting
Evolving
4
Energy is defined as the ability to do
Anything
Work
Everything
Nothing
5
Which of the following is NOT required for the life of an organism to continue living?
To speak
To have some type of organization
To adapt
To reproduce
6
A hypothesis must always be
Teastable
Close ended
A fact
Open ended
7
What is important to remember while you are using heat?
Always use clamps or tongs to hold the container
point the opening of the container away from you and peers
All of the above
Do not heat closed containers
8
Sweating when it is hot and shivering when it is cold is an example of what?
Maintaining homeostasis
Growing and developing
Being made of cells
Reproducing
9
What skill is a scientist using when he is listening to the sounds a whale makes?
Drawing conclusions
Hypothesis
Observation
Interpreting data
10
Select all the items that may be dangerous in the lab. These can get into chemicals or fire.
Supported goggles
Loose clothing
Hanging jewelry
Long hair
11
A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions, is called the
Scientific method
Hypothesis
Experiment
Observations
12
What is the simplest level at which life can exist?
Systems
Atoms
Tissues
Cells
13
If a glass breaks in the lab, you should
Do nothing
Tell the teacher and let her pick it up
Yell for help
Sweep up the mess and put it in the trash can
14
What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific method?
Hypothesis, question, conclude, experimeant, analyze results
Questions, analyze results, hypothesis, experiment, conclude
Experiment, hypothesis, question, conclude, analyze results
Question, hypothesis, experiment, conclude, analyze results
15
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called
Energy
Development
A stimulus
A response
16
Hypothesis: temperature determines the sex of baby alligators. The independet variable is
none
Sex of offspring
Alligators
Temperature
17
For a scientific theory to be valid, it must allow you to
Perform experiments
Find a new, more complex explanation
Make predictions
Obtain new results each time
18
What is the group that is used as basis for comparison?
Experimental
Independent
Dependent
Control
19
You notice you get cold every time your brother opens the door to your room. This is a(n)
Developing a test
Making a conclusion
Making a hypothesis
Making an observation
20
All the things in an experiment that are kept the same for all variables are called
Controlled experiments
Independent variables
Controlled variables or constants
Dependent variables
21
All living things obtain their primary energy source from what?
Sleeping
Hunting
eating
Growing
22
The gradual change in a species over time is called
Classification
Homeostasis
Taxonomy
Evolution
23
In science, an educated guess is called the
Conclusion
Question
Observation
Hypothesis
24
What do we call the maintenance of internal conditions of an organism?
Homeostasis
Evolution
Adaptation
Photosynthesis
25
Before starting a lab, you should
Ask any questions you may have
All of the above
throw away all food and drinks
Read all directions
26
Information you collect during an experiment is called
Charts
Hypothesis
Graph
Data
27
A theory is
A guess that a scientist tests through experiments
The factor that is altered in a control experiment
A well tested explanation for events in the natural world
A conclusion based on the results of a scientific experiment
28
What happens if a hypothesis is tested multiple times and data doesn't support the prediction?
Conclude the hypothesis cannot be proven
Re-think your hypothesis
Change the data to support the prediction
Run the results again until you get the results you want
29
A plant going from a root to a stem to a leaf is an example of what?
Reproduction
Evolving
Adapting
Growing and developing
30
What is the variable manipulated by the scientist?
None
Dependent
Control
Independent
31
A sidewinding rattlesnake moving sideways to avoid hot sand is an example of
Reproducing
maintaining homeostasis
Being made of more than one cell
Evolving
32
In the experiment, the factor we measure is called the
Controlled variable
Dependent variable
Conclusion
Independent variable
33
Anything that is considered "living" is referred to as
An organism
Unicellular
An animal
Multicellular
34
What statement is FALSE about all living organisms?
They must be able to reproduce
They must have some type of biological organization
They must Obey the laws of chemistry and physics
They are made of one or more cells
35
Why do scientists communicate their results in written reports?
So other scientists can repeat their experiments
They like to write
To make scientific models
So other scientists will argue
36
A zebra running from a lion to avoid being eaten is an example of
An adaptation
A response to stimuli
Natural selection
Prey and predator
37
When studying a chemical it is important to touch, taste, and smell it to know more about it
True
False