Intro to Bio Review - unit 1

Which of the following is a characteristic shared by all living things?

• has metabolism (uses energy)

• breathes air

• made up of multiple cells

• interacts with other individuals

collecting information about something using your senses

• observation

• hypothesis

• experiment

• science

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which of the following is a characteristic that all life shares?

• responds to environment

• swims

• has lungs

• catches its food

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which is a characteristic that all life shares?

• lives in water

• breathes

• homeostasis

• eyesight

This part of the experiment is used for comparison; receives no treatment aka the one variable being tested has been removed

• experimental group

• control group

• data

• variables

A student wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate.  What is the dependent variable?

• heart rate
• type of exercise
• amount of exercise
• time of day exercise occurs

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

The dependent variable in an experiment is what you ________________. 

• Change
• Measure