Chapter 1 Science Vocabulary Practice Review for Midterm

What is the process of using the senses to gather information about the natural world?

• Controlledexperiment

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Observation

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Which variable is deliberately changed in an experiment to see its effect on the dependent variable?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control group

• Data

What is the genetic material that carries the instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all known organisms?

• Homeostasis

• DNA

• Metabolism

• Stimulus

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What is the process of maintaining a stable internal environment within an organism?

• Homeostasis

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Observation

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What is the study of living organisms and their interactions with each other and their environments?

• Bias

• Biology

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

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An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world. 

• biology
• science
• theory 
• law

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using senses to study the world; using tools to collect measurements; examining previous research results. 

• observation
• objective
• organism
• review

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the study of life. 

• science
• philosophy 
• theory
• biology

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process that test a hypothesis by collecting information under controlled conditions. 

• experiment
• examine
• justify
• observation

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independent variable 

• condition or factor that is manipulated by a scientist during an experiment. 
• experimental data collected through observation and measurement. 
• condition that is controlled so that it does not change during an experiment. 
• proposed explanation or answer to a scientific question. 

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