Ohio Science Review

The Origin of Species is...

• A book written and published by Charles Darwin, describing natural selection and descent with modification

• A scientific theory explaining that parts of an organism's body that is used will become more developed, parts that are not used may become smaller and disappear

• a description of how the physical world behaves

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is a Scientific Theory?

• an inherited characteristic that increase an organisms chance of survival in its habitat

• a descriptive generalization of how the physical world behaves

• a well-substantiated explanation that incorporates facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypothesis all together

Kinetic energy is energy in _____________. 

• Change

• Looks

• Motion

• Altitude

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-2

Brian is currently studying biology. He loves looking at the world around him and trying to find out why everything works the way it does in nature. He is always observing and inferring. He asks a ton of questions and tries to find the answers. What scientific attitude is Brian exemplifying?

• honesty

• skepticism

• bias

• curiosity

Connor and his lab partner take turns measuring their plants. It seems that the plants seem to grow about 2cm per week. Today, his partner reports that the plants grew 8cm since the last measurement. Connor thinks this seems unreasonable. Connor is....

• predicting

• showing bias

• skeptical

• open-minded

Things that could have affected the outcome of a lab experiment besides the variable are known as....

• experimental error

• qualitative observations

• a hypothesis

• a control group

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

When creating a graph, which goes on the x-axis?

• control group

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• title

Which type of graph would you create to illustrate data from a lab where you measured the temperature increase or decrease of a solution over three hours?

• Pie graph

• Line graph

• Bar graph

• Pictograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Sam wants to determine which type of citrus juice does the best job of keeping apples from turning brown. He places apple slices in four different juices and times how long it take for them to show signs of browning. Choose the correct variables below.

• IV- type of apples . DV- type of citrus juice

• IV- time to brown . DV- type of citrus juice

• IV- type of apples . DV- amount of brown on apple

• IV- type of citrus juice . DV- time to brown

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Students are testing whether the height of a ramp affects the distance a car will roll. What needs to remain constant?

• The length of the ramp

• The car

• The surface of the ramp

• All stay constant except for the independent variable.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2