Characteristics of Life

Define BIOLOGY.

• The study of life and living organisms.
• The study of animals.
• They study of matter.
• The study of earth and its atmosphere.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A plant growing towards the light is an example of 

• reproduction.
• responding to a stimuli.
• metabolism.
• homeostasis.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A maggot changing into a fly is an example of 

• reproduction.
• growth and development.
• homeostasis.
• evolution.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.

• All living things have cells
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

All living things are composed of cells. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The dismissal bell rings and you pack up your belongings. In this scenario, what is the stimulus?

• The bell ringing
• You packing up your belongings
• More information is needed

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions that cannot be counted or measured?

• qualitative
• quantitative

Apples are placed in different preservatives. The researcher makes observations to decide which apples are decomposing the most based on their observable characteristics.

• Qualitative
• Quantitative