Living Environment Regents Midterm Review 1

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

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

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?

• decomposers
• producers
• herbivores
• omnivores

Which organism make their own food through the process of photosynthesis? 

• decomposer
• consumer
• herbivore
• producer 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the process by which a new community forms where no community lived before 

• resource
• invasive (non- native) species
• primary succession
• competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The owl receives energy from which organisms?

• grasshopper and mouse
• mouse and rabbit
• rabbit and butterfly
• butterfly and frog

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If you were testing how well different dish soaps cleaned grease, the independent variable would be the:

• dish type
• amount of grease
• dish soap type
• grease type

What is the control group?

• amount of time the spray stays on the shower
• the half of the shower sprayed with water
• the half of the shower sprayed with coconut juice
• the amount of slime

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

Antibodies... 

• destroy body cells
• destroy toxins
• make pathogens stick together
• destroy particular viruses and bacteria