Biology: 1st Semester Exam 2022

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer
• experiment
• problem
• safety check

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).

• observations
  conclusion
• data
• variables
• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Dependent variable means

• the scientist controls what to test
• educated guess
• ask a question
• what is being measured

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Why do scientists use the scientific method?

• To make sure they get credit for their discoveries.
• To make sure their results are valid and can be performed by other scientists.
• So that other scientist don't get mad at them

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NGSS.HS-PS2-5

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

True or False: Your hypothesis can never be wrong.

• True
• False

If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller.
What part of the scientific method is this an example of?

• Procedure
• Hypothesis
• Question
• Results

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The independent variable is the ONE thing you _____.

• change on purpose
• control or keep constant
• measure