Biology Unit 1 Assessment 22-23

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

Which characteristic is shown: A deer runs from a dog after hearing barking.

• Made of Cells

• Respond to a Stimulus

• Acquire and Use Energy

• Homeostasis

A hypothesis is an

• Assumption

• A guess based on little information

• An educated guess based on research

• An uneducated guess

The information collected during the experiment

• observations

• observations of results

• data

• procedures/method

Usually the beginning of the scientific inquiry process?

• make and share your conclusion

• research the problem

• collect data

• observation

The type of variable that responds to the experiment and is what you measure to determine if your hypothesis is true.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Controlled Variable

• Control Group

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
• Controlled

• The fertilizer is not a variable

The parts of the experiment that must be kept the same.

• Controlled variables

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Nothing in an experiment is ever kept the same.

How many variables should you change in an experiment?

• none
• only 1

• 2 or more
• depends on the type of experiment

Thomas tests different types of liquids to see which will grow his plants the most. He has water, soda, milk, and no liquid at all. What is the control group?

• the one with water

• the one with soda

• the one with milk

• the one with no liquid