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INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the BEST description of biology?
a)
the study of humans and animals
b)
the study of life and living things
c)
the study of health care
d)
the study of humans, plants, and animals
2.
What are the basic building blocks of life?
a)
Atoms
b)
Cells
c)
Tissues
d)
Organs
3.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
4.
What characteristic would a child not inherit from parents?
a)
freckles
b)
eye color
c)
hair style
d)
dimples
5.
The first step in the scientific method is to 
a)
form a hypothesis
b)
ask a question
c)
state the conclusion
d)
conduct an experiment
6.
The factors in an experiment that can be changed. 
a)
variables
b)
quantitative data
c)
hypothesis
d)
steps
7.

Biology is the science of:

a)

Humanity

b)

Medicine

c)

Life

d)

Love

8.

It is NOT important for everyone to be scientifically literate.

a)

True

b)

False

9.
A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
10.
Goggles must be worn when using
a)
sharp instruments
b)
fire
c)
chemicals
d)
all of these
11.
The first step in the scientific method is to 
a)
form a hypothesis
b)
ask a question
c)
state the conclusion
d)
conduct an experiment
12.
How many variables should be manipulated in a correct scientific experiment?
a)
0
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
13.
This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted. 
a)
experimental group
b)
control group
c)
data
d)
variables
14.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group