Quiz about Characteristics of Living Things and Scientific Method

Question 1

What is the most basic unit of life?

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cell

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tissue

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organ

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organ system

Question 2

The scientific name for something living is a(an)

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organism

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cell

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tissue

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human

Question 3

An organism made of one cell is called

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unicellular

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multicellular

Question 4

It is hot outside. You start sweating. In this case, the hot weather is the...

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stimulus

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response

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cause and effect

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responder

Question 5

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

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homeostasis

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equilibrium

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balance

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evenness

Question 6

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

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All living things maintain homeostasis

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All living things use energy

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All living things contain cells

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All living things grow

Question 7

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

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All living things use energy

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All living things contain cells

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All living things maintain homeostasis

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All living things grow

Question 8

A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

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All living things reproduce

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All living things maintain homeostasis

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All living things use energy

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All living things grow

Question 9

A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

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All living things adapt to their environment

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All living things grow

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All living things have cells

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All living things use energy

Question 10

Rocks are not living because

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they are not made of cells

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they never move

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they aren't needed for humans

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they don't break down

Question 11

A worm turns away from light is an example of a worm

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responding to its environment

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reproducing

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doing cellular respiration

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having cells

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of homeostasis?

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maintaining an appropriate respiration rate

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adapting to your environment

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the sum of all of your chemical reactions

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being composed of more than one cell

Question 13

Which of the following is a stimulus?

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a ball moving from the pitching mound to home plate towards a batter

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removing your hand from a hot stove

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swinging a bat at a baseball

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screaming when something scares you

Question 14

Which of the following is a response?

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your pupils constricting when exposed to bright light

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a flashlight shined into the eye

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a rubber band popping your hand

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blood glucose levels drop significantly

Question 15

Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5'11". Which characteristic of life does this represent?

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All living things grow

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All living things contain cells

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All living things maintain homeostasis

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All living things use energy

Question 16

An adult hydra is producing its offspring through budding. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

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All living things reproduce

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All living things use energy

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All living things contain cells

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All living things grow

Question 17

Over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapts to its surrounding with brown fur. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

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All living things adapt to their environment

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All living things grow

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All living things use energy

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All living things have cells

Question 18

When a baby kitten becomes an adult cat, this is an example of...

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growth and development

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energy metabolism

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response to stimuli

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having cells

Question 19

Which option is living?

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Trees and leaves

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Rocks

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Lake

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Fire

Question 20

Movement is a good way to determine if something is living.

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False

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True

Question 21

All of the following are characteristics of all living things EXCEPT

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Movement

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Respond to stimulus

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Grow and develop

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Made of cells

Question 22

Fire has 6 of the 8 characteristics of life, which means it is living.

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False

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True

Question 23

Something that has never shown the characteristics of life and never will:

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nonliving

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dormant

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living

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dead

Question 24

A football player perspires during a football game. The sweat is a cooling mechanism. What is this an example of?

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Homeostasis

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Digestion

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Mitosis

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Respiration

Question 25

You are growing a tomato plant in your house. Which of the following would the plant probably do to help maintain homeostasis?

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Grow toward the light coming from the window

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Grow away from the light coming from the window

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Growth is not affected by the light coming from the window

Question 26

Science can change and is a continually ongoing process.

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True

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False

Question 27

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

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question/problem

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hypothesis

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background research

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conclusion

Question 28

Which of these contains the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?

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Ask a question, do background research, state your hypothesis, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion, retest

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State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion, retest.

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Ask a question, state your hypothesis, do background research, conduct an experiment, retest, make a conclusion, analyze data

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State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, make a conclusion, conduct an experiment, analyze data

Question 29

Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?

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yes

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no

Question 30

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results.

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conclusion

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procedures

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materials

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responding variable

Question 31

The __________________________________ is the organized way scientists answer questions and solve problems.

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scientific method

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scientific explanation

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scientific notation

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scientific guesses

Question 32

Another word for prediction or educated guess is: ________________

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hypothesis

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conclusion

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experiment

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data

Question 33

A hypothesis is based on observations and research

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True

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False

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