Scientific Method/Characteristics of Life

The scientific name for something living is a(an)

• organism
• cell
• tissue
• human

Living things respond to heat, light, and sound.  This means they respond to:

• stimuli/ environment
• suction
• Dr. Suess
• digestion

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During ___________ conditions inside our body are kept stable (the same)

• homeopathic
• Homo sapian
• homeostasis
• homologous

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All of the following are characteristics of all living things EXCEPT

• Respond to stimulus
• Grow and develop
• maintain homeostasis
• Movement

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Living things need energy to survive?

• True
• False

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The ability of a living thing to get bigger is known as _______________.

• Development
• Growth
• Adaptation
• Response

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The ability of an organism to create offspring is ___________________________________.  

• reproduction
• evolution
• development
• growth

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Greg runs an experiment by himself to see which gum brand blows the biggest bubbles.  What is the independent variable?

• Brand of Gum
• Greg
• Size of Bubbles
• Color of Gum

 How does the temperature of a tennis ball affect its bounce height? The dependent variable is

• Height of the ball
• The ball
• Temperature of the ball

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Under what color light do plants grow best? The control group would be_____

• Same light each time
• Plant growing under blue or red light
• Height of the plant
• a plant growing under normal light

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