General Biology Chapter 1 Test

Where would you graph the independent variable?

• X-Axis

• Y-Axis

Which of the following best describes "data" in science?

• information that describes an object

• information that describes the scientists opinion

• numbers or numeric information (quantitative)

Why should a scientist be skeptical?

• Not everything on the internet is true

• All claims should be supported by evidence

• both of these are true

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Which of these best describes what the word "hypothesis" means?

• An educated guess

• An observation

• A testable explanation

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Can an individual person have a "theory"?

• Yes, as long as they have evidence.

• Yes, as long as they followed the scientific method.

• No, it takes years of the experiment being repeated by many different scientists with the same data.

All the chemical reactions in a living thing are known as...

• metabolism

• homeostasis

• scientific method

• skepticism

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The variable that you are changing or testing in an experiment is called the...

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• hypothesis

• constant

The independent variable on the graph below is (a)   .

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Identify all that is true about a good scientific experiment.

• It only tests 1 variable at a time.

• I cannot easily be repeated.

• It is ethical.

• It provides data that is numbers.

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In an experiment, what is the "control group"?

• The group of people in control of performing the experiment.

• The group that is receiving the experimental treatment (independent variable)

• The comparison group.