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What could make an epidemic turn into a pandemic?

• crowded rooms

• transportation

• hospital rooms

• wind

•An organism that transmits a disease

• parasite

• fungus

• bacteria

• vector

A ___________________ is a vector for malaria.

• opossum

• mosquito

• tick

• flea

A weakened or dead form of the pathogen that stimulates the immune system to make antibodies to destroy a pathogen is a __________________.

• antibiotic

• virus

• vaccine

Vaccines are used to try and prevent __________________.

• bacteria

• fungi

• parasites

• viruses

Causes cholera, pneumonia, salmonella, typhoid fever

• virus

• bacteria

• fungus

• parasite

Which category of science do plants and animals belong to?

• Life science

• Earth science

• Physical Science

• Algebra

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An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• The plants growth

• The amount of sunlight

• The type of soil

• The type of liquid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. In this investigation, what is the dependent variable?

• Type of plant

• Water, apple juice, milk

• Plant growth

• Type of liquid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the independent variable.

• Distance traveled by the ball

• Height of the ramp

• Mass of the ball

• Who set up the experiment (Ms. S, etc)