Biology Midterm Review Manning

Dilcia wants to know how drinking milk affects how tall a Monica grows. Which is the independent variable?

• Monica's growth
• drinking milk

What is the INDEPENDENT variable? You are testing which type of paper airplane goes furthest?

• the paper used

• the type of paper airplane

• the distance of each plane's flight

• how hard the plane is thrown

Marcos wants to know: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive? What is the independent variable?

• Type of gasoline
• which car the gas is put into
• how fast the car can drive
• how much gas is put into the car

The variable that is measured.

• Controlled Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment.

• Controlled Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

Identify the independent variable:
The height of bean plants depends on the amount of water they receive. 

• The bean seed
• The amount of water provided daily
• The amount of sunlight they're exposed to daily
• How tall they grow by the end of the experiment

Biology is the study of?

• The body

• Life

• The universe

• Atoms and molecules

All living things ____ to make more living things.

• reproduce

• develop

• grow

• adapt

What is a living thing?

• reproduction

• organism

• development

• homeostasis

How many variables should be manipulated in a correct scientific experiment?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3