Science - Test 9/15/14

Question 1

Science- an organized way of _______ and ________ to questions.

Answer 1

1) studying things
2) finding answers

Question 2

Critical Thinking- a process that uses certain skills to _______.

Answer 2

1) solve problems

Question 3

Scientific Method- a series of planned steps used to __________.

Answer 3

1) anser questions

Question 4

Scientific Method:

1) _______. What is it that you are trying to find an answer to?
* this must be in the form of a ________.

Answer 4

1) State the problem
2) question

Question 5

Scientific Method:

2)_________. Using books, computers, etc. to find __________ on your topic.

Answer 5

1) Gather information
2) information

Question 6

Scientific Method:

3)________, (_______ that can be ________) “_________”; a suggested solution based on known ____________.

Answer 6

1) Form a hypothesis
2) prediction
3) tested
4) educated guess
5) information

Question 7

Scientific Method:

4) perform _________(to test your ________)

• _______- in an experiment, the factor that is ________, can affect _________ of an experiment.
• ________- in an experiment, used for ______; cannot ________.

Answer 7

1) an experiment
2) hypothesis
3) variable
4) tested
5) the outcome
6) control
7) comparison
8) change

Question 8

Scientific Method:

5) _________.(data could be _________ or ________).

Answer 8

1) Record data
2) measurements
3) observations

Question 9

Scientific Method:

6) ___________. Information you gained from experiment, iincluding observations & measurements.

Answer 9

1) Analyze data

Question 10

Scientific Method:

7) __________. A logical answer based on ______ & __________; Was _________ correct or incorrect?

Answer 10

1) State conclusion
2) data
3) observations
4) hypothesis

Question 11

Theories & Laws:

___________:

1. usually explains many ____________.
2. explantion of things or events based on scientific ________.
3. result of many _________ & _________.

Answer 11

1) Theory
2) hypothesis
3) knowledge
4) observations
5) experiments

Question 12

Theories & Laws:

________:

1. ” a ______________”
2. statement that describes a ___________ or ____________.

Answer 12

1) Law
2) rule of nature
3) natural event
4) phenomenon

Question 13

International System of Units(___)- Standard system of _________ used by scientists; aka = ____________.

Answer 13

1) SI
2) measurements
3) metric system

Question 14

What Does Each One Measure:

Length = ___________

Liquid Volume = _____________

Solid Volume = ______________

Mass = ____________

Answer 14

1) meters
2) liter
3) cubic cm.
4) kilogram

Question 15

Any living thing is called an _______.

Answer 15

1) organism

Question 16

Characteristics of Living Organisms:

1) Living things are ________.

Answer 16

1) organized

Question 17

Characteristics of Living Organisms:

2) All _______ things are made of one or more _______.

• A _________ is the smallest unit of an _________ that carries out the functions of _____.
• Each cell has an ____________ & contains ___________ material.
• The hereditary material contains instructions for cell ___________ & ___________

Answer 17

1) living
2) cell
3) cell
4) organism
5) life
6) orderly strucutre
7) hereditary
8) organization
9) function

Question 18

Characteristics of Living Organisms:

3) Living Things ________.

• ___________- anything that causes some ______ in an organism.
• _____________- the way an organism reacts to a ________, often results in _________.
• ______________- maintaining the proper conditions _____ an organism. These conditions could be ____, _____, or _______.

Answer 18

1) resond
2) stimulus
3) change
4) response
5) stimulus
6) movement
7) homeostasis
8) inside
9) food
10) water
11) temperature

Question 19

Characteristics of Living Organisms:

4) Living Things _____________.

• energy used by most organisms comes directly or indirectly from the _____. _______ OF ENERGY!
• most organisms must take in _______ in order to release ______ from _______.

Answer 19

1) use energy
2) sun
3) main source
4) oxygen
5) energy
6) food

Question 20

Characteristics of Living Organisms:

5) Living Things _________.

• Growth of ____- celled organisms is due to increase in the __________.
• Growth of _____- celled organisms is due to an increase in the ___________.
• __________- changes that take place during the life of an organism.

Answer 20

1) grow and develop
2) many
3) number of cells
4) one
5) size of a cell
6) Development

Question 21

Characteristics of Living Organisms:

Living Things ________- process of making _____________.

Answer 21

1) reproduce
2) more of oneself

Question 22

Characteristics of Living Organisms:

7) Living Things have a _________.

Shortest = _______ = _______

Longest =______ = _________

Answer 22

1) life span
2) mayfly
3) 1 day
4) tortoise
5) 200 years

Question 23

What Do Living Things Need?:

1) A place to _______.
* An organism’s ________ must provide for all of its _________.

Answer 23

1) live
2) surroundings
3) needs

Question 24

What Do Living Things Need?:

2) _____ Materials
* Examples: _____, ______, ____, & _____.

Answer 24

1) raw
2) water
3) proteins
4) fats
5) sugars

Question 25

Classification:

1) _______ classified organisms more than _____ years ago.

• He included only two groups, _____ & _____.
• He further placed animals into three groups, those that _____, those that _____, and those that ______.

Answer 25

1) Aristotle
2) 2,000
3) plants
4) animals
5) fly
6) walk
7) swim

Question 26

Classification:

2) Carolus _______ introduced a system based on ____________ of organisms.

Answer 26

1) Linnaeus
2) Similar structures

Question 27

Classification:

Modern scientists study:

*similar ______

*_________

*_________

*early stages of _________.

They use this information to classify— based on ________(the evolutionary history of an organism)

Answer 27

1) structures
2) fossils
3) hereditary information
4) development
5) phylogeny

Question 28

Classification:

Today’s classification system seprates organisms into ___________:

1. _________
2. _________
3. _________
4. _________
5. _________
6. _________

*Kingdoms are the ____ & _____ category;

*The smallest classification category is a ____.

*Organisms that belong to the same _____ can mate & produce __________.

SAYING:

• K = _______
• P = _______
• C = _______
• O = _______
• F = _______
• G = _______
• S = _______

Answer 28

1) 6 kingdoms
2) plant
3) animal
4) fungi
5) archaebacteria
6) eubacteria
7) protist
8) first
9) largest
10) species
11) species
12) fertile offspring
13) king
14) phillip
15) coughed
16) on
17) fred
18) got
19) sick

Question 29

Classification:

(the real one)

• K =________
• P =________
• C =________
• O =________
• F =_________
• G =_________
• S =_________

Answer 29

1) Kingdom
2) Phylum
3) Class
4) Order
5) Family
6) genus
7) Species

Question 30

Scientific Names:

____________:

• 2-word system used by __________
• 1st word identifies the ______
• 2nd word tells something about the ______.

*what it _______

*where it is ________

*who ________ it

Answer 30

1) Binomial Nomenclature
2) Linnaeus
3) genus
4) species
5) looks like
6) found
7) discovered

Question 31

Scintific Names:

Uses of scientific names:

1. to ______________.
2. to show that organisms with similar ________ history are _________.
3. to give ________________.
4. to allow information to be _________ easily.

Answer 31

1) avoid mistakes
2) evolutionary
3) related
4) descriptive information
5) organized

Question 32

Tools for Identifying Scientific Name of Organisms:

1) _____________:

contains ________ & ________ of organisms

also contains information about where each __________.

Answer 32

1) feild guide
2) descriptions
3) illustrations
4) organism lives

Question 33

Tools for Identifying Scientific Name of Organisms:

2) ____________:

a written set of choices that leads to the ____ of an organism.

arranged in steps with __________ statements at each step.

Answer 33

1) dichotmous key
2) name
3) 2 discriptive