How to be a scientist and Is It Alive quiz

What is a hypothesis?

• A testable prediction

• An idea

• A rule of nature

• Process of using your senses to gather information

What is a scientific theory?

• An explanation that a lot of people agree with for the time being.

• A proposed explanation for an observation.

• A rule of nature

• Explanation based on many observations supported by experimental results.

What is a scientific law?

• An explanation that a lot of people agree with for the time being.

• A proposed explanation for an observation.

• A rule of nature

• Explanation based on many observations supported by experimental results.

What is an observation?

• An explanation that a lot of people agree with for the time being.

• An idea

• A rule of nature

• Process of using your senses to gather information

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What is something a scientific law does not do?

• describes an observation

• explain why something happens

• tells rule of nature

• summarizes the results of many observations and experiments.

What is the smallest unit of an organism that can be considered “alive”?

• a protien

• a molecule

• an atom

• a cell

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True or false, a living thing must be able to reproduce sexually

• true

• false

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True or false, a living thing does not have to develop over time.

• true

• false

True or false, a living things need to respond to their environment.

• true

• false

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What is homeostasis?

• maintaining a stable internal environment

• a from of reproducing

• home building

• diffusion through osmosis

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