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Unit 1 Vocab: Basic Biological Principles

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the definition: The action of many scientists working together sharing resources, findings, and reviewing each other's work

a)

Living

b)

Observation

c)

Homeostasis

d)

Collaboration

2.

Match the definition: The science of life and living organisms

a)

Quantitative

b)

Biology

c)

Collaboration

d)

Hypothesis

3.

Match the definition: Organisms that exhibit the 8 main characteristics of life

a)

Living

b)

Non-living

c)

Dead

d)

Unicellular

4.

Match the definition: Organisms that lack the 8 characteristics of life

a)

Dead

b)

Multicellular

c)

Non-living

d)

Living

5.

Match the definition: Organisms that no longer show any of the 8 characteristics of life

a)

Unicellular

b)

Non-living

c)

Dead

d)

Multicellular

6.

Match the definition: The process in which organisms keep their internal body conditions balanced. Ex. Temperature, oxygen, water, and pH levels

a)

Homeostasis

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Observation

d)

Qualitative

7.

Match the definition: A living organism that is composed of a single cell. Ex. bacteria

a)

Multicellular

b)

Unicellular

c)

Bicellular

d)

Polycellular

8.

Match the definition: A living organism that is more complex and composed of multiple cells. Ex. Humans

a)

Unicellular

b)

Multicellular

c)

Polycellular

d)

Dicellular

9.

Match the definition: Any data that you gather with your 5 senses or scientific instrument. Ex. Smell, taste, sight, touch, sound.

a)

Quantitative data

b)

Qualitative data

c)

Observation

d)

Hypothesis

10.

Match the definition: A logical guess or possible explanation made based upon observations made during an experiment.

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Inference

c)

Variable

d)

Control Group

11.

Match the definition: Quantity / Number

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

c)

Independent Variable

d)

Dependent Variable

12.

Match the definition: Quality / Trait

a)

Quantitative

b)

Independent Variable

c)

Qualitative

d)

Control Group

13.

Match the definition: A factor, a trait, or a condition that can change or be changed in an experiment.

a)

Independent Variable

b)

Variable

c)

Dependent Variable

d)

Hypothesis

14.

Match the definition: What is being manipulated in the experiment; represented on the x-axis of a graph.

a)

Control Group

b)

Dependent Variable

c)

Control Group

d)

Independent Variable

15.

Match the definition: Reliant on the independent variable and changes because of the other variables in the experiment; represented on the y-axis of a graph

a)

Independent variable

b)

Inference

c)

Dependent Variable

d)

Control Group

16.

Match the definition: The group in an experiment that is left unchanged and used as a benchmark by scientists to observe the changes in the manipulated groups. (This group does not receive the independent variable.

a)

Experimental Group

b)

Quantitative Group

c)

Control Group

d)

Observatory Group

17.

Match the definition: A predictive explanation made by a scientist about what the outcome of an experiment will be

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Inference

c)

Observation

d)

Variable