Scientific Method
Microscope
Lab Safety
Characteristics of Life
Random
100
A proposed explanation or educated guess made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further experimentation.
What is a hypothesis?
100
What is the proper way to carry a microscope?
One hand wrapped around the arm and palm on the base
100
What is the name of this lab equipment?
what is a graduated cylinder?
100
All organisms are made up of what?
what are cells?
100
What is the smallest unit of matter?
what is an atom?
200
A geologist discovered a new mineral and put in the results that the mineral was reflective in appearance and bitter in taste. What type of data is this?
Qualitative
200
What is the strength of the magnification on the eyepiece of the microscope's that we use?
what is 10x magnification?
200
What is the name of this laboratory equipment?
What is mortar and pestle?
200
An E. Coli bacterium divides at a rapid rate and produces complete copies of itself, this is an example of which characteristic of life?
Reproduction
200
What is the organ system that relays biochemical impulses from one part of the body to the other?
what is the nervous system?
300
the group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.
What is the Control Group?
300
What is the name for single celled organisms that can only be seen under a microscope?
What are Unicellular organisms?
300
If you were to get dangerous chemicals in your eyes, where would you go to clean your eyes?
What is the eye wash station?
300
A human baby starts off as a single cell and eventually becomes a multi-trillion cell functioning organism, this an example of what characteristic of life?
What is Growth and Development?
300
What animal is a mammal, lays eggs, has a bill, and has a poisoness barb?
what is a platypus?
400
You want to see which type of fertilizer helps plants grow fastest, so you add a different brand of fertilizer to each plant and see how tall they grow. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
brand of fertilizer
400
What is the total magnification of a microscope with an eyepiece of 20x magnification, and an objective lens of 50x magnification?
What is 1000x magnification?
400
What is the most important rule in biology lab?
What is NO Horseplay?
400
Wolves pant to maintain a stable internal body temperature, this is an example of what characteristic of life?
What is homeostasis?
400
What is the closest related land mammal to whales?
What is a hippo?
500
You’re interested in how rising sea temperatures impact algae life, so you design an experiment that measures the number of algae in a sample of water taken from a specific ocean site under varying temperatures. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?
Number of Algae in a sample
500
what is the part of the microscope that controls the amount of light shown on the specimen?
What is Diaphragm or condenser?
500
If you get laboratory chemicals onto your skin why do you not use soap to wash it off?
It might cause a chemical reaction and make the chemical worse on the skin.
500
What is the correct order of the organization of life from smallest to largest?
cell-tissue-organ-organ system-organism
500
What does DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?