Experiments and Living Things

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

• Dependent
• Independent
• Control
• Compound

The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____.

• change
• keep the same
• experiment with
• investigate

The measurable factor in an experiment is known as the: 

• Control
• Independent Variable
• Constant
• Dependent Variable

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

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

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 is the dependent variable?

• Type of plant
• Water, apple juice, milk
• Plant growth

A study was created to test the effects of jazz on people’s sleep patterns. The hypothesis of the experiment was that if people listened to jazz music as they fall asleep, they will sleep for longer periods of time. For the experiment, 2 groups of people were created. One group was placed in a quiet room where they went to sleep and they were timed on how long they slept. The other group was placed in a room where jazz music played softly as they began to sleep and played throughout the night. As each group awoke, their sleep times were monitored. What is the control group?

• The group placed in the quiet room

• The group in the room where they played jazz

• Jazz

• Sleep time

• Room Temperature

A study was created to test the effects of jazz on people’s sleep patterns. The hypothesis of the experiment was that if people listened to jazz music as they fall asleep, they will sleep for longer periods of time. For the experiment, 2 groups of people were created. One group was placed in a quiet room where they went to sleep and they were timed on how long they slept. The other group was placed in a room where jazz music played softly as they began to sleep and played throughout the night. As each group awoke, their sleep times were monitored. What is the experimental group?

• The group placed in the quiet room

• The group in the room where they played jazz

• Jazz

• Sleep time

• Room Temperature

Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?

• a.  Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system
• a.  Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism
• a.  Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
• a.  Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system

When a group of organs work together to perform a particular function they create a/an

• organ system
• organism
• tissue
• organ