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Chapter 1 Biology

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the standard metric unit for length?

a)

grams

b)

meter

c)

liters

d)

feet

2.

What does the prefix Kilo mean?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

3.

What's the difference between anabolism and catabolism?

a)

Anabolism – breaks down Catabolism – builds up

b)

There is no difference

c)

Theu both start with a vowel

d)

Anabolism – builds Catabolism – breaks down

4.

What does the prefix Chloro mean?

a)

Deadly gas

b)

Life

c)

Green

d)

Plant

5.

What is homeostasis?

a)

eating salty food

b)

raise in temperature

c)

disorder

d)

Internal balance

6.

What does the suffix Osis mean?

a)

Condition or disease

b)

foot

c)

life

d)

study of

7.

Define asexual reproduction?

a)

spontaneous generation

b)

No parent

c)

Two parents

d)

One parent

8.

What type of data involves numbers, measurements etc..

a)

None

b)

Quantitative

c)

Qualitative

d)

Both

9.

What is metabolism?

a)

building up

b)

breaking down

c)

ability to eat what you want

d)

all chemical reactions in body

10.

When a plant moves toward the sunlight is an example of

a)

response

b)

stimulus

c)

gravity

d)

plants don't move

11.

What does the prefix Osteo mean?

a)

inflammed

b)

bone

c)

joint

d)

leg

12.

When first adjusting a microscope what lens should be used

a)

fine course adjustment

b)

course adjustment

c)

it really doesn't matter

d)

neither

13.

What Celsius temp represents body temperature?

a)

98.7

b)

37

c)

22

d)

100

14.

What does the suffix Gen mean?

a)

stomach

b)

blood

c)

producing

d)

pouch

15.

Define science?

a)

Want to know everything

b)

A study of animals

c)

A study of space

d)

A waste of time

16.

Define Biology?

a)

Study of space

b)

Study of life

c)

Study of chemicals

d)

Study of rocks

17.

What does the word Arthropod mean?

a)

Jointed legs

b)

form of skin condition

c)

hard shell

d)

inflammation

18.

What is 100 degrees celsius compared to

a)

Ice melting at 25 C

b)

Water freezing at 0 F

c)

Water boiling 212 F

d)

Human fever

19.

What is an electron microscope?

a)

uses light to reflect images

b)

uses mirrors to reflect images

c)

uses electron beams

d)

this hasn't been invented yet

20.

Define compound light microscope

a)

uses one lens and light

b)

uses two or more lens and light

c)

Comes apart easily for storage

d)

Does need light to work

21.

What is an hypothesis?

a)

uneducated guess

b)

not needed in the scientific process

c)

cure for hickups

d)

educated guess

22.

How do you correctly handle a microscope

a)

by one hand

b)

by two hands

c)

by three hands

d)

by four hands

23.

What does the prefix centi mean in the metric system?

a)

10dth

b)

100dth

c)

1000dth

d)

1

24.

What does gastro mean?

a)

Stomach

b)

Pain

c)

Pod

d)

Joint

25.

What is the difference between control setup and experimental setup?

a)

Experimental setup contains the manipulated variable

b)

There is no difference

c)

Control setup contains the manipulated variable

d)

There are not controls in the experimental setup

26.

What is data?

a)

Observations using only the sense of touch

b)

Observations using only the sense of sight

c)

Obersavations using only the sense of taste

d)

Observations using all five senses

27.

What is the metric standard unit for mass?

a)

g

b)

kg

c)

mm

d)

cm

28.

What does the prefix Cyto mean?

a)

green

b)

sight

c)

small

d)

cell

29.

What does the suffix phage mean?

a)

pod

b)

eater

c)

joint

d)

green

30.

Label the parts of the microscope. Use numbers and spell corrrectly. Example 1. body tube

(a)  

31.

What are the eight characteristics of life?

4 lines
32.

Which one of the following is not a step in the scientific method:

a)

forming a hypothesis

b)

forming a conclusion

c)

collecting data

d)

talking it over with other scientists

33.

If a scientist wanted to change the amount of light used in a microscope, he/she would change the:

a)

ocular lens

b)

objective lens

c)

diaphragm

d)

fine adjustment

34.

You suggest that the presence of water could accelerate the growth of bread mold. This is a/an _____.

a)

conclusion

b)

analysis

c)

hypothesis

d)

experiment

35.

When enough experimental data support a hypothesis, the hypothesis becomes a/an ____.

a)

fact

b)

inference

c)

conclusion

d)

theory

36.

Which is NOT a unit of measurement in the metric system?

a)

gram

b)

inch

c)

meter

d)

liter

37.

Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why birds fly south for the winter?

a)

Living things maintain internal balance.

b)

Living things respond to their environment.

c)

Living things are based on a universal genetic code.

d)

Living things are made up of units called cells.

38.

Information gathered from observing a plant grow 3 cm over a two-week time period results in ____.

a)

data

b)

variables

c)

inferences

d)

hypotheses

39.

To observe a small, living organism, a scientist might use a/an ____.

a)

electronic balance

b)

compound light microscope

c)

TEM

d)

SEM

40.

In sciene, a hypothesis is useful only if ____.

a)

it can be tested

b)

it is proven correct

c)

it can be proven incorrect

d)

the explanation is already known

41.

An instrument that allows light to pass through the specimen and uses two lenses to form an image is a/an ____.

a)

TEM

b)

SEM

c)

electron microscope

d)

compound light microscope

42.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?

a)

ability to move

b)

response to the environment

c)

ability to reproduce

d)

growth and development

43.

Biology is the study of ____.

a)

the land, water, and air on Earth.

b)

the environment.

c)

animals and plants only.

d)

the living world.

44.

A controlled experiment allows the scientist to isolate and test ____.

a)

several variables

b)

a mass of information

c)

a conclusion

d)

a single variable

45.

A dog starts to pant when it gets hot. Describe the characteristics of life demonstrated here.

a)

All organisms reproduce.

b)

All organisms have a genetic code.

c)

All organisms do regulates their body at optimum level.

d)

All organisms respond to stimuli.

46.

Identify the non-living things

a)

Humans

b)

Bacteria

c)

The Sun

d)

Frog

47.
When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
48.

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

a)

All living things grow

b)

All living things contain cells

c)

All living things maintain homeostasis

d)

All living things use energy

49.
A pill bug (roly poly) eats a carrot.
a)
All living things contain cells
b)
All living things use energy
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
50.

A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things respond to their environment

d)

All living things use energy

51.
A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.
a)
All living things have cells
b)
All living things use energy
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
52.
An adult hydra is producing its offspring through budding.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things reproduce
c)
All living things contain cells
d)
All living things grow
53.

Qualitative data means?

(a)  

54.

Which of the following is best described as a tentative explanation to an observation of set of observations?

a)

prediction

b)

theory

c)

results

d)

hypothesis

55.

why do scientist use a common system in measurement?

(a)  

56.

A way of gaining knowledge about the natural world that begins with a question and then tries to answer the question with evidence and logic

a)

science

b)

hypothesis

c)

observation

d)

model

57.

A possible answer to a scientific question

a)

science

b)

hypothesis

c)

model

d)

evidence

58.

Something that is detected either through senses, instruments, or measuring devices that extend human senses

a)

science

b)

hypothesis

c)

observation

d)

dependent variable

59.

A plan for asking questions and testing possible answers

a)

science

b)

experiment

c)

scientific investigation

d)

scientific law

60.

Broad explanation for events that is widely accepted as true

a)

scientific theory

b)

model

c)

independent variable

d)

experiment

61.

A representation of part of the real world

a)

scientific theory

b)

model

c)

scientific law

d)

evidence

62.

The affected variable, manipulated variable, or the variable you measure

a)

dependent variable

b)

experiment

c)

scientific law

d)

evidence

63.

Variable that affects the manipulated variable, “I” change

a)

scientific theory

b)

evidence

c)

independent variable

d)

scientific investigation

64.

Type of scientific investigation that is performed under controlled conditions

a)

experiment

b)

scientific theory

c)

scientific law

d)

evidence

65.

Any type of data that may either agree or disagree with a prediction, it may either support or disprove a hypothesis

a)

experiment

b)

evidence

c)

observation

d)

hypothesis

66.

Process of maintaining a stable internal environment

a)

homeostasis

b)

community

c)

biome

d)

symbiosis

67.

Change in characteristics of living things over time

a)

evolution

b)

tissue

c)

cell

d)

biology

68.

Group of the same kind of cells

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

evolution

d)

biosphere

69.

Basic unit of structure and function of living things

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

biology

d)

biosphere

70.

Process of producing offspring

a)

reproduction

b)

symbiosis

c)

evolution

d)

cell

71.

Group of organs that work together to do a job

a)

organ system

b)

cell

c)

tissue

d)

biology

72.

Structure made up of tissues

a)

population

b)

organ

c)

natural selection

d)

organism