Biology Chapter 1 Quiz

A testable prediction about a scientific investigation is a(n)

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

What is the last step of scientific method?

• hypothesis

• observe

• communicate

• question

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.MS-PS1-2

The variable that is being measured or observed is called the _______________. Hint: this is the variable that is the result or effect

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The independent variable is

• The variable that you change in an investigation

• The variable that you measure in an investigation

• A variable that you keep the same in an investigation

The process of obtaining information by using the senses is called a/an

• Conclusion

• Observation

• Inquiry

• Scientific method

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

If your teacher asks you to move a microscope to table, how do you carry it?

• by the body tube and the eyepiece
• with one hand
• one hand on the arm and the other under the base
• with one hand on the base and the other on the eyepiece.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?

• Move around.

• Use energy.

• Respond to surrounding environment

• Grow, develop, and reproduce

A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring is called a:

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Class

• Species

"Biology" means

• the study of life

• the study of animals

• the best subject ever

• the study of molecules