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WorksheetsScientific Method and Characteristics of Life
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
A hypothesis is
A possible answer to a question
An observation
A wild guess
The answer to a question
Which of these terms describes an organism's ability to maintain a stable internal environment?
homeostasis
isolation
interaction
reproduction
Which is the best definition for metabolism?
The reactions that break down and build up materials in an organism.
The process organisms use for asexual reproduction.
The uptake of beneficial gasses, use of those gasses, and removal of gas wastes.
A change in response to an environment.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of life?
Breathing
Reproducing
Evolving
Growing
All of these are characteristics of life.
Which is not an example of homeostasis?
Shivering when you get cold.
Your body releases insulin (which takes sugar out of your blood) after you drink a Coke.
You breathe faster when you exercise.
Your body gets hotter and hotter with fever when you have a bad infection.
Which is the best hypothesis?
If I put gas in my car then the engine will start.
My car won't start.
Putting gas in my car allowed me to start it.
My car is a piece of junk.
Everyone should put gas in my car.
Which is a question that can't be answered by the scientific method?
Which tastes better, Coke or Pepsi?
How does pollution affect the population of frogs in a swamp?
Which batteries last longer, Duracell or Energizer?
What will happen to the population of jellyfish in the Gulf of Mexico if more oil platforms start drilling for oil in the Gulf?
Reproduction that only involves one parent and all offspring are identical; for example, binary fission of bacteria or amoebas.
Asexual
Sexual
Division
Addition
Living things are based on a universal genetic
code. What molecule is responsible for that code?
RNA
Lipid
Protein
DNA
Maintaining a stable internal
environment is called
homeostasis
equilibrium
balance
evenness
Identify the characteristic: A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.
All living things adapt/respond to their environment
All living things grow
All living things have cells
All living things use energy
In one of his experiments with pea plants, Mendel noted that 75% of the offspring of a certain cross had green pea pods. This statement would be considered
An observation
An inference
A hypothesis
A conclusion
The statement "The worm is 2cm long" is a(n)
Quantitative observation
Qualitative observation
This is the variable that you are in control of and you are testing?
control variable
dependent variable
independent variable
responding variable
What is the definition of Biology?
The study of animals
The study of life
The study of the Earth
The study of people
What year did a ticket cost $3.00?
1960
1970
1980
1990
What label is along the y-axis in this graph?
Copyright 2007
Lines
Age in Years
Number of Teens
