Order and Design Test 1

Question 1

the study of body structure

Answer 1

anatomy

Question 2

the term fauna describes…

Answer 2

animals

Question 3

a distinct type of living thing

Answer 3

species

Question 4

a good scientific experiment will include how many independent variables

Answer 4

one

Question 5

the group that is used as a standard for comparison

Answer 5

control group

Question 6

a sensible explanation to a problem

Answer 6

hypothesis

Question 7

the primary basis for classifying things

Answer 7

body structure

Question 8

three purposes of science

Answer 8

using creation for man’s benefit
discovering the laws of creation
observing nature carefully

Question 9

the conditions in a group that are the same for all groups

Answer 9

controlled variables

Question 10

the process in which cells combine substances from food with oxygen to make energy

Answer 10

cellular respiration

Question 11

the stable internal condition that a living thing must maintain to survive

Answer 11

homeostasis

Question 12

living things

Answer 12

organisms

Question 13

Englishman who introduced the scientific method

Answer 13

Sir Francis Bacon

Question 14

a conclusion based on reasoning from evidence

Answer 14

inference

Question 15

the sum of all the chemical processes of life

Answer 15

metabolism

Question 16

the three main steps of any scientific method

Answer 16

hypothesizing, observing, and experimenting

Question 17

a partial representation of something

Answer 17

model

Question 18

water environment

Answer 18

aquatic environment

Question 19

meadow, desert, and mountain environment

Answer 19

terrestrial environment

Question 20

seas and oceans

Answer 20

marine environment

Question 21

trees

Answer 21

arboreal environment

Question 22

area between the highest and lowest points that the tide reaches

Answer 22

intertidal zone

Question 23

the science of classification

Answer 23

taxonomy

Question 24

a living thing’s home within its environment

Answer 24

habitat

Question 25

substances in food that provide living things with energy

Answer 25

nutrients

Question 26

the Father of Taxonomy

Answer 26

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 27

hot springs on the ocean floor

Answer 27

hydrothermal vents

Question 28

the study of reasoning

Answer 28

logic

Question 29

reasoning that uses general evidence to come to a more specific conclusion

Answer 29

deductive reasoning

Question 30

a living thing in an inactive state, hibernation

Answer 30

dormant

Question 31

facts about nature

Answer 31

data

Question 32

the process by which life continues through a generation of new living things

Answer 32

reproduction

Question 33

a plant or animal that consists of many cells with different purposes

Answer 33

multicellular

Question 34

a scientific idea that has survived many experiments and observations without being proven false

Answer 34

law

Question 35

smallest unit of a living thing that can be said to be alive

Answer 35

cell

Question 36

who developed the modern definition of the word ‘species’

Answer 36

John Ray

Question 37

active at night

Answer 37

nocturnal

Question 38

the study of animals

Answer 38

zoology

Question 39

what does ‘flora’ describe

Answer 39

plants