Unit 1 - Benchmark Review (In-class)

Name two ways a scientist could change their experiment to make her results more reliable.

• Increase the sample size and repeat the experiment multiple times.

• Use a different method and change the hypothesis.

• Ignore outliers and use a smaller sample size.

• Conduct the experiment in a different location and use different materials.

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Homeostasis: All living things must maintain ________ to stay alive.

• maintaining a stable internal environment

• a constant external temperature

• a high energy output

• a rapid growth rate

Metabolism: sum of all chemical reactions = ________.

• work together

• break down

• build up

• transform energy

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Which life processes: Converts energy in food into a usable form (ATP)

• Respiration

• Nutrition

• Synthesis

• Regulation

Excretion: Removing of ________ produced by metabolic activities.

• wastes

• nutrients

• proteins

• vitamins

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Oxygen (O2) and water (H2O) are examples of what type of molecule?

• inorganic

• organic

• monosaccharide

• amino acids

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Carbohydrates have building blocks called ______ and provide ______ energy and structure.

• monosaccharide and quick

• amino acids and slow

• nucleotides and moderate

• fatty acids and long-lasting

Proteins have building blocks called ______.

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• lipids

• carbohydrates

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When the shape of an enzyme is changed, it is called ______.

• denatured

• saturated

• hydrated

• oxidized

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Which of the following terms refers to the group that receives no treatment with the independent variable?

• Constant group
• Control group
• Dependent group
• Experimental group