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Unit 0 Review Game: Sci. Method & Characteristics of Life

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An amoeba is unicellular; therefore, it is an organism.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Which of the examples shows a response to a stimulus?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Which of the following are likely topics in a biology course?

a)

Why does the Texas horned lizard squirt blood out of its eyes?

b)

How is a banded pipefish able to hide in its environment of seaweeds?

c)

What chemicals cause plant stems to lengthen or flowers to bloom?

d)

All of these.

4.

A single entity has been discovered that shows many of the characteristics of living things including growth, organization, and the ability to maintain homeostasis. However, because it does not reproduce, it is not considered a living thing.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Living things do all of the following except

a)

make adjustments to nonliving factors around them.

b)

maintain a steady internal environment

c)

respond to other organisms

d)

pass an identical genetic code to their offspring for many generations

6.

The study of biology includes things that were once living and those alive today

a)

true

b)

false

7.

It is important to study the genetic makeup of other organisms because information in their genetic makeup may hold information about our own.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

A testable hypothesis is a hypothesis that can form the basis for a(n) _.

a)

party

b)

conclusion

c)

guess

d)

experiment

9.

Which is an inference?

a)

You measure a plant’s height every day for a week.

b)

You give a plant the same amount of water every day.

c)

Every day for a week, you collect data on a plant’s movement.

d)

After watching a plant for a week, you determine it needs more sunlight.

10.

Tasha is testing the effect of blue-colored light on the growth of tomato plants. Which is the independent variable in this experiment?

a)

light intensity

b)

light color

c)

amount of light

d)

temperature of light

11.

Jake has hypothesized that if you add aspirin to the water when watering plants, the plants will have more blooms.


To verify his hypothesis, Jake should use the same of amount of water and aspirin for each of the plants in the experimental group.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

An hypothesis comes before an observation.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In an experiment, the control group is used to test the effect of the independent variable.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A scientist is investigating a new drug that will cure the common cold. The scientist should give the ____ group a sugar pill, rather than the drug.

a)

experimental group

b)

control group

c)

independent group

d)

constant group

15.

Which of the following results from quantitative analysis of this picture?

a)

color of rabbits

b)

behaviors of rabbits

c)

number of rabbits

d)

smell of rabbits

16.

In an experiment testing the effect of magnetic fields on germination in a plant, the seeds exposed to the normal magnetic field of Earth would be described as the ___.

a)

experimental group

b)

control group

c)

independent group

d)

constant group

17.

Science is based on subjective observations.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Because it is often difficult to gather numerical data, ____ information is collected.

a)

ethical

b)

scientific

c)

quantitative

d)

qualitative

19.

Organisms changing over time in response to the environment is ___.

a)

evolution

b)

reproduction

c)

metabolism

d)

organization

20.

Asexual reproduction results is more diversity than sexual reproduction

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The smallest example of a living thing is a/an ___.

a)

atom

b)

cell

c)

molecule

d)

organism

22.

In an experiment testing the effect of loud noises on a person’s reaction time, Sarah uses different volumes of a particular song when testing the time it takes a person to catch a falling ruler.


The ___ variable is the reaction time.

a)

constant

b)

control

c)

independent

d)

dependent

23.

Which of the following correctly sequences the steps of the scientific method?

a)

question, observe, explain, design and conduct experiment, collect and analyze data, report findings

b)

observe, question, make a testable explanation, experiment, collect and analyze data, state findings

c)

form a hypothesis, observe, investigate a testable question, collect and analyze data, state results

d)

design and conduct an investigation based on a testable question, form a hypothesis, collect data, state findings

24.

___ is the genetic blue prints that direct all of life's activities.

a)

ATP

b)

DNA

c)

RNA

d)

Sugar

25.

Which of the following is an observation?

a)

You record the air temperature every day for a week.

b)

You propose that a cold front is approaching.

c)

You conclude that the season is changing.

d)

You hypothesize that the temperature will increase tomorrow.