Chapter 1 - Exploring and Classifying Life

Which of the following is NOT a step in the scientific methods?

• Analyze data

• Gather information

• Forming a theory

• Stating the question or problem.

What is a control?

• A variable that changes in an experiment.

• A standard to which the outcome is compared.

• A variable that is being measured.

• A variable in an experiment that doesn't change.

A hypothesis is _______.

• a prediction that can be tested.

• a statement that describes a pattern in nature.

• a standard to which an outcome can be prepared.

• a wild guess.

"Bears hibernate."

This would be an example of a _____.

• Scientific law

• Scientific theory

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"Birds migrate during colder months in a search for food, mates and water."

This would be an example of a _____.

• Scientific law

• Scientific theory

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Any living thing is a(n) ______.

• Cell

• Homeostasis

• Animal

• Organism

Anything that causes a change in an organism is a ______.

• response

• stimulus

• homeostasis

• cell

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Your body always maintains ______, or a stable internal environment.

• stimulus

• water

• homeostasis

• survival

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Which of the following is NOT a requirement to be considered "alive"?

• Using energy

• Communication

• Growing and developing

• Responding to the environment

Which of the following is NOT something living things need to survive?

• Water

• Food

• A place to live

• Sunlight

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