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 process by which scientists systematically study the natural world is called

• the scientific method
• experimentation
• goofing off
• hypothesizing

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

The factor in an experiment being tested is called the

• data
• hypothesis
• variable
• conclusion

An experiment where only one factor is changed is called a (an)

• controlled experiment
• out of control experiment
• variable experiment
• happy experiment

The group in an experiment that does not change.  It is used to compare the experimental group to.

• experimental group
• control group
• variable group
• unvariable group

While you are in lab you are required to know the location of all safety equipment?

• True

• False

The combination of chemical reactions through

which an organism builds up or breaks down

materials as it carries out its life processes is called ...

• absorption

• metabolism

• digestion

• consumption