What is Biology?

Open Ended

What makes something living?

Multiple Choice

What is an observation for this picture?

• The man is scared
• The man is going to get eaten
• There is a man in a kayak
• The man is paddling fast

Multiple Choice

When you explain the things you observe, or you make an assumption about what you observed. You are making a(n):

• observation

• inference

• qualitative

• quantitative

Open Ended

What are some steps to the Scientific Method?

Multiple Choice

A possible explanation or educated guess to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

Multiple Choice

Which of these contains steps in the right order?

• Ask a question, research, state your hypothesis, experiment, analyze, draw a conclusion

• State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, experiment, analyze, draw a conclusion

• State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, draw a conclusion, experiment, analyze

• Ask a question, state your hypothesis, research, experiment, analyze and draw a conclusion, share the results

Multiple Choice

An explanation based on repeated experimentation and observation.

• law

• theory

• hypothesis

• experiment

Multiple Choice

In 1859, Charles Darwin described a model of how living things change over time. He described this model and the evidence that supported it in a book called On The Origin of Species. Which scientific term is used to describe a testable model that seeks to explain natural phenomena? (Hint: many tests are completed.)

• data

• hypothesis

• theory

• observation

Multiple Choice

Before a scientific theory is accepted and supported, it has

• been tested by only one scientist.

• been published in scientific journals.

• been tested many times by different scientists.

• been approved by the International Committee of Scientists.

Multiple Choice

This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted. 

• experimental group
• control group
• data
• variables

Multiple Choice

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant
• The amount of sunlight
• The type of music
• The type of liquid

Multiple Choice

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, what are the controlled variables?

• Type of plant, amount of music, and sunlight
• Water, apple juice, milk
• Plant growth