Characteristics of life quiz

This variable is the one thing that changed on purpose...

• Dependent Variable

• Control

• Independent Variable

A student wants to test the hypothesis of "If salt is added to water then the boiling point of water will decrease (go down)." What is the independent variable?

• Whether salt is added or not

• Boiling Point

• Amount of water

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What are the constant variables?

• what we are changing or testing

• what we are observing or measuring

• what we keep the same to make the experiment fair

These are the variables that should stay the same. They do not get any changes in order to make for a fair test.

• Dependent Variables

• Controlled variables

• Independent Variables

What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect that is measured) in this experiment?

"Do tall people jump further than short people?"

• height of the person

• weight of the person

• how fast the person runs

• how far the person jumps

A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called

• a stimulus.
• a response.
• development. 
• energy.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which of the following is a term used to describe all the chemical reactions that take place in a living thing?

• respiration
• mutations
• homeostasis
• metabolism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A plant growing towards a light source is an example of which of the following?

• attracting a mate

• destroying infectious germs

• responding to a stimuli

• obtaining moisture from the air

This image best represents which of the following characterists of life?

• growth

• levels of organization

• ability to reproduce

• composed of cells

• respond to the environment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Identify all of the following that are living.

• Volcano

• Tree

• Sun

• Fungus