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WorksheetsScientific Method and Living Things
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following describes an organism's metabolism?
How often an organism needs to eat
The amount of energy an organism has
Whether an organism is cold or warm blooded
The chemical reactions that allow an organism to make or use energy
How many different variables should be changed at a time in a controlled experiement?
0
1
2
any number can be changed and once
The passing of traits from parents to their offspring is called
responsiveness
hypothesis
heredity
metabolism
In an experiment, plants are given different amounts of fertilizer for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks, the lengths of the roots of each plant is recorded. What is the independent variable?
the group that doesn't get any fertilizer
the group that gets fertilizer
the fertilizer
the root length
In an experiment, plants are given different amounts of nutrients for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks, the lengths of the roots of each plant is recorded. What is the control group?
the group that did not get fertilizer
the group that did get fertilizer
the fertilizer
the root length
In an experiment testing the effect of exposure to sunlight on mood, participants either spent 1 hour outside each day for a week, or spent no time outside each day for the week. What would be the dependent variable?
the amount of sleep participants got
what mood participants were in
the height of the sun in the sky
the amount of sunlight participants received
What kind of graph would you use to analyze this data?
pie graph
bar graph
line graph
What kind of graph would you use to show this data?
pie graph
bar graph
line graph
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ALL living organisms?
made of cells
can reproduce
breathing using only lungs
gets rid of wastes
A tadpole becoming a frog is evidence of its ability to
excrete waste
grow and develop
reproduce
decompose
A scientist who wants to study the effects of fertilizer on plants sets up experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant B gets 5 mg of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the control group?
Plant B
All of them
Plant A
Plant C
Does the scientific method always go in the same order?
Yes - always
Certain steps always go in the same order but others are sometimes repeated
No - it can go in any order
