Scientific Method
Lab Safety
Conversions
Data & Graphing
What is Biology?
100
What is the parts of the experiment you are keeping the same through the experiment?
Control Variables
100
True/False: It is okay to chew gum in the lab.
False, you cannot chew gum in the lab.
100
When writting in scientific notation, the first number is between __ and __.
1 and 10
100
What is the following graph?
100
What is Biology?
the science to study living things.
200
What is the part of the experiment that we are changing?
Independent Variable
200
True/False: When walking with sharp object, the sharp end should be pointed up towards you.
False, the sharp end should be pointed down.
200
Write 4,300,000 in scientific notation.
4.3 x 10^6
200
What graph will show data that is converted into percentages?
Pie Graph/Chart
200
What does it mean to be unicellular?
single cell organisms like bacteria
300
Name 3 of the 6 steps of the scientific method.
1. Purpose/ Make an Observation
2. Ask a Question
3. Hypothesis/ Testable Explanation
4. Make a Prediction Based on the Hypothesis
5. Analysis
6. Conclusion/ Results & Repeat
300
When you come into the lab, what is 3 ways that you need to be dressed?
Hair tied back, close toed shoes, no baggy clothes, lab googles, apron, mask, rolled up sleeves.
300
Write 3.7 x 10^-3 in expanded form.
0.0037
300
When making a bar graph, does the dependent variable go on the x-axis or y-axis?
y-axis (the vertical axis)
300
What does it mean if you reproduce asexually?
reproduction from a single parent where the organism splits into two organisms, ex. bacteria.
400
One cow is fed a growth hormone and the other is not. After a year, both cows are weighed. What is the dependent variable?
Weight
400
When heating up a liquid in a test tube, where shoud the open end of the test tube be pointed?
Away from all bodies.
400
Convert 975 meters to ____ kilometers.
0.975 kilometers
400
What is the difference between bar graphs and histograms?
Bar graphs do not touch and histograms do touch.
400
What is homeostasis?
the regulation of the organism’s internal environment (body) regardless of the organism’s external environment.
500
Dog A is given one cup of food. Dog B is given ½ cup of food. Dog C is given 2 cups of food. At the end of the year, Dog C weighs the most. What is the independent variable?
the amount of food
500
What is the golden rule in the lab?
Use common sense, Ask "Am I being safe?"
500
Which is more: 5 centimeters or 0.5 meters?
Neither, They are equal.
500
Make a Table with the following data:
Favorite Types of Food surveyed in a Classroom-
Mexican: 10, Italian: 8, Chinese: 9, Spanish: 10
See example.
500
Name 4 of the 8 characteristics of life.
1. MADE UP OF CELLS 2. METABOLISM
3. HOMEOSTASIS 4. GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
5. REPRODUCTION
6. RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENT 7. EVOLUTION
8. BASED ON UNIVERSAL GENETIC CODE