Biology Vocabulary Quiz 2

What is the metric unit for volume equal to one cubic decimeter?

• Gallon

• Liter

• Pint

• Quart

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.1

What is the term for the SI base unit for length?

• Liter

• Meter

• Gram

• Second

Tags

CCSS.2.MD.A.2

What term describes how close a series of measurements are to one another?

• Precision

• Graph

• Nucleus

• Matter

What is a pure substance composed of only one type of atom that cannot be broken down into another substance by physical or chemical means?

• Compound

• Element

• Isotope

• Valence electron

What are the electrons in an atom's outermost orbitals that determine the chemical properties of an element?

• Neutron

• Proton

• Valence electron

• Isotope

What refers to how close a measured value is to an accepted value?

• precision

• accuracy

• Scientific notation

• percent error

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.A.1

What is a visual display of data?

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• graph

• table

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the center of atom that contains neutrons and protons? In eukaryotic cells, it is the central membrane bound organelle that manages cellular functions and contains DNA.

• electron cloud

• protein

• macromolecule

• nucleus

What in an experiment, is the variable that depends on another variable to cause an effect?

• control

• dependent

• independent

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What in an experiment, is the variable that the experimenter plans to change?

• control

• dependent

• independent

• variable