Chapter One - 101

Which of these is a qualitative observation?

• The boy is 5 feet tall.
• There are six birds in the tree.
• The birds are tiny.
• There are more blue birds than black birds. 

The thing that is being tested in an experiment is called:

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control

• problem

The factors in a controlled experiment that remain the same such as same size pot, same amount of water, same kind of plant, etc. are called the:

• variables

• procedures

• constants

• data

Which of the following is an inference about this picture?

• The player is wearing a red jersey

• The players are wearing white helmets

• The play is going to be a running play for a touchdown.

___________a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits a living thing inherits and needs to live.

• Cell

• Stimulus

• Homeostasis

• DNA

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

YOU are a multi-celled organism but an amoeba is a single celled organism.

• All living things have cells
• All living things grow
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment

Rocks are not living because

• they never move
• they aren't needed for humans
• they are not made of cells
• they don't break down

In order for something to be considered a living organism, it must display _____ of the eight characteristics of living things.

• one
• some
• all
• more than half