Intro to Biology

What is biology?

• The study of mammals.
• The study of fish.
• The study of living things.
• The study of dead things.

The scientific method begins with a (an)

• hypothesis
• expermient
• observation
• conclusion

A researched and educated answer to a question put in the form of an if -then statement is a

• guess
• hypothesis
• clue
• conclusion

The information in the form of numbers collected from an experiment is called

• numbers
• data
• information
• none of these

Living things do all of the following EXCEPT...

• make adjustments to nonliving factors around them
• maintain a steady internal environment
• respond to other organisms
• pass on an IDENTICAL genetic code for many generations

What is the purpose of science? 

• explain nature
• propose solutions to political isses
• solve ethical problems
• create beautiful art pieces 

Which of these is an OBSERVATION (not inference)? 

• recording the temperature daily for a week
• proposing a cold front is coming
• hypothesizing the temperature is going to go up
• concluding from data that the season is changing

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

• Monica's growth
• drinking milk

Does the flavor of ice cream effect how fast the ice cream melts? The flavor of ice cream is the....

• independent variable

• dependent variable

How does watching TV during studying affect a student’s test grades? Student's grades are the....

• independent variable

• dependent variable