Biology - Unit 1 - Intro to Biology

What is biology?

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

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?

• DNA
• Cells
• Water
• Grow

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

When scientists look over a paper before it is submitted to a journal for publication it is called

• peer review
• hypothesis
• controlled variable
• experiment

The factor in an experiment being tested is called the

• data
• hypothesis
• variable
• conclusion

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