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Biology: Chapter 1

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
2.

What is an observation?

a)

A scientific statement based on ideas

b)

Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

c)

To be unaware of your surroundings

d)

The question that you want an answer to.

3.
A testable answer to a scientific question
a)
Question
b)
Observation
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Experiment
4.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
5.

Representation of an object or event is called

a)

model.

b)

a ratio.

c)

experiment.

6.

What is the first step in the scientific method?

a)

make a hypothesis

b)

design and test experiment

c)

observe and pose a question

d)

draw conclusion

7.
Biology is the study of...?
a)
animals
b)
plants
c)
bacteria
d)
all living things
8.
Which is the BEST description of biology?
a)
the study of humans and animals
b)
the study of life and living things
c)
the study of health care
d)
the study of humans, plants, and animals
9.
What are the basic building blocks of life?
a)
Atoms
b)
Cells
c)
Tissues
d)
Organs
10.
Shivering is a mechanism for maintaining a constant body temperature. What characteristic of life is represented?
a)
Highly organized
b)
Homeostasis
c)
Growth and developmrnt
d)
Evolve
11.
The scientific name for something living is a(an)
a)
organism
b)
cell
c)
tissue
d)
human
12.
A characteristic that increases the chances of survival are called
a)
adaptations
b)
homeostasis
c)
extinction
d)
growth
13.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
14.
The part of the experiment that remains the same for the control and experimental group.
a)
constants
b)
control
c)
independent
d)
dependent
15.
The traits of an organism are passed to its offspring on small coded strands of DNA material called
a)
meiosis
b)
recessive traits
c)
genes
d)
heredity
16.

Study of genes and their function.

a)

Forensics

b)

Bioinformatics

c)

Genomics

d)

Human Genome Project

17.

Fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity that exists in segments of DNA.

a)

Nucleus

b)

Chromosome

c)

Cell

d)

Genes

18.

What is a biosphere?

a)

basic unit of life

b)

everything that lives on Earth

c)

species

d)

chemicals

19.

What is a species?

a)

particular type of living things that can breed and reproduce

b)

characteristic of life

c)

study of life

d)

step in scientific method

20.

What is metabolism?

a)

single stage of offspring

b)

group of related parts that work together

c)

fully grown

d)

chemical processes that happen in an organism

21.

Evolution is

a)

a characterisitic of life

b)

possible answer to a scientific question

c)

change in living things over time

d)

recorded observations

22.

A generation is ____

a)

a single stage of offspring in a family

b)

factors that do not change

c)

study of the entire DNA

d)

period of 100 years

23.

What is ethics?

a)

a step of the scientific method

b)

questions about right and wrong

c)

based on facts

d)

a group of organisms that can breed and reproduce

24.

Informed is _______

a)

conditions kept the same

b)

based on facts

c)

a biological system

d)

when we tell on you

25.

What does DNA stand for?

a)

Do Not Answer

b)

Do Not Add

c)

Alphabet soup

d)

deoxyribonucleic acid

26.

Equator is

a)

circle around the Earth

b)

equal

c)

balanced

d)

the country of Ecuador

27.

Ecosystem is

a)

a biological system of living and nonliving things

b)

circle around the Earth

c)

100 years

d)

fully grown

28.

What is biotechnology?

a)

all the living and nonliving things

b)

DNA

c)

basic unit of life

d)

use of living things in biological processes

29.

A microscope

a)

is unnecessary.

b)

is a basic unit of life.

c)

provides an enlarged image of an object.

d)

allows you to see bones inside your body.