Scientific Method
Characteristics of Life
Water
Organization of Life
Macromolecules
100
An investigation was done to determine if the temperature of water in a lake varied at different depths. The independent variable is . . .
What is different depths
100
Which characteristics of life best explains why birds fly south for the winter?
What is response to environment.
100
What property of water allows a "water walker" insect to stay on top of a pond?
What is cohesion
100
Organize these items from smallest to largest: ecosystem, population
What is population, ecosystem
100
Monomer of nucleic acid.
What is nucleotide
200
An investigation was done to see if keeping the lights on for different amounts of time each day affected the number of eggs laid. What is the dependent variable?
What is the number of eggs laid.
200
Which characteristics of life best explains why your legs and arms get longer and stronger as you get older?
What is growth and development
200
When water molecules freeze, they move apart, allowing ice to do this.
What is float
200
Rank the following from smallest to largest: cardiovascular system, organism, cell
What is cell, cardiovascular system, organism
200
Elements found in carbohydrates.
What is carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
300
An experiment was done to determine if grass will grow taller if it is watered weekly than grass that is not watered. What would be the hypothesis statement?
What is "If the grass is watered weekly, then it will grow taller"
300
Both a fast-moving stream and a dog respond to the environment and grow and develop, but this characteristic of life is why a dog is considered alive and a stream isn’t.
What is made up of cells
300
When a paper towel is rolled and placed in water, the water climbs up the paper. This is an example of what water property?
What is adhesion
300
Rank the following from largest to smallest: stomach cell, atom, stomach, horse, ribosome
What is horse, stomach, stomach cell, ribosome, atom
300
Monomer of proteins
What is amino acid
400
An experiment was done to determine if the time it takes to run a kilometer is related to the amount of exercise a person gets. What is the experimental group?
What is people who exercise
400
Before a big soccer game Charlie always eats a big dinner. Which characteristic of life does this fact best describe?
What is obtain and use energy
400
Water can dissolve many things, this is why water is considered a universal this.
What is solvent
400
Rank from largest to smallest: carbon atom, digestive system, small intestine, sheep, cell
What is sheep, digestive system, small intestine, cell, carbon atom
400
Short term storage of glucose in animals
What is glycogen
500
An experiment was done to determine if the rate at which an egg cooked dependent on the temperature of water in which it was boiled. What if the independent and dependent variable?
What is independent variable is the temperature of water, dependent variable is the cooked egg.
500
Which characteristics of living things best explains why humans sweat when they get hot?
What is homeostasis
500
Water is considered a polar molecule because of this relationship between the oxygen and hydrogen.
What is opposite charges, oxygen is slightly negative, and hydrogen is slightly positive
500
Rank from smallest to largest: elephant, lung cell, hydrogen atom, mitochondria, water molecule, lung, lung tissue
What is hydrogen atom, water molecule, mitochondria, lung cell, lung tissue, lung, elephant
500
Type of fat found in cell membranes.
What is phospholipid
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