Biology Chapter 1 What is Science?

A testable explanation of a situation is

• hypothesis

• constant

• observation

• conclusion

Scientists publish details of important experiments so that

• their work can be repeated

• their experimental procedures can be reviewed

• others can try and reproduce their results

• all of the above

All of the following are characteristics of living things EXCEPT

• growth

• reproduction

• movement

• uses energy

Biology is the study of

• the land, air, and water on Earth

• the living world

• animals and plants only

• the environment

The process by which organisms keep their internal conditions relatively stable is called

• homeostasis

• evolution

• metabolism

• photosynthesis

A group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring is called a(n)

• plant

• animal

• species

• adaptation

You smell pizza and get hungry. Smelling the pizza is a

• response

• stimulus

• development

• homeostasis

The variable in an experiment that changes is called the

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• data

• control

Any inherited characteristic that results from changes to a species over time is called a(n)

• theory

• reproduction

• organization

• adaptation

This quiz was

• super easy

• somewhat easy

• super hard

• somewhat hard