Variables
What is the type of variable that is measured during an experiment (Independent or Dependent)?
Dependent Variable
Name one of the 8 characterisitics of life
Response to environment, Reproduction, Evolve, Growth and Development, Universal Genetic Code (DNA), Use Energy, Made of Cells, Maintain Homeostasis
What is the type of variable that is listed on the X-axis?
Independent Variable
Biology
How many different independent variables should there be during an experiment?
One
A puppy grows into a full grown dog. What characteristic of life is displayed in this situation?
Growth and Development
What is the error with the following graph?
Uneven scale
An organism that is made up of multiple different cells
Multicellular
In my first grade science fair project, what was the independent variable (I used 4 different common drinks to water plants and measured their height in cm)?
Types of Liquid
What is the name of the molecule that makes up the universal genetic code for all living things?
DNA
What is the change in pressure as the temperature increased from 0 to 40 degrees Celsius?
10 to 20
All of the biochemical reactions that take place within an organism.
Metabolism
What is the unit for the dependent variable based on this graph?
Pa
When a doctor hits a patient's knee to test for reflexes, which characteristic of life is being displayed?
Respond to environment or stimulus
What is the relationship between the number of hours of sunlight to the height of the tomato plant?
The longer the amount of sunlight per day, the taller the tomato plant
A signal that produces a response from an organism
Stimulus
You notice that the strawberries in your garden all have tiny bite marks in them. You hypothesize that rabbits are the culprits, so you put a wire fence around half of the strawberry patch. What is the independent and dependent variables?
Independent: The wire fence
Dependent: The number of bite marks
You get cold from being outside in winter, and your body starts shivering to warm you. Which characteristic of life are you displaying?
Maintain homeostasis
What is the difference in the height between tomatoes on day 10 that received 9 hours of sunlight and tomatoes on day 7 that received 3 hours of sunlight?
120 mm
A set of conditions that need to be kept consistent.
Homeostasis