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| What characteristic of life is represented by a mother bear having three cubs? | Living Things Reproduce. |
| What characteristic is represented by a tadpole turning into a frog? | Living things have life cycles. |
| What characteristic of Life is represented by a seed germinating? | Living things grow and develop. |
| What characteristic of life is represented by cockroaches fleeing when a light is turned on? | Living things react to stimuli. |
| What characteristic of life is represented by the small compartments seen in skin tissue when looked at under a microscope? | Living things are composed of cells. |
| What characteristic of life is represented by the fact that cells have tiny "organlike" structures in them called organelles? | Living things are highly organized. |
| What characteristic of life is represented by a cat eating kitty food? | Living things need and use energy. |
| What characteristic of life is represented by the fact that many animals are camoflaged to their surroundings which helps them to hide? | Living things are adapted to their environments. |
| What level of organization is represented by a potato bug? | Organism Level |
| What level of organization is represented by the layers of skin cells seen under a microscope? | Tissue |
| What level of organization is represented by a flock of canada geese? | Population |
| What level of organization is represented by a flock of canada geese in a pond swimming above a school of fish? | Ecosystem |
| What level of organization is represented by proteins and molecules in our blood? | Molecular |
| What level of organization is represented by the tiniest particles which are composed of protons, neutrons and electrons? | atomic |
| What level of organization is represented by a human living with 2 dogs and a cat? | Community |
| What level of organization is represented by the digestive system? | organ systems |
| What is the proper dress for a chemical lab? | Goggles and Aprons, well-fitted clothes, hair pulled back, leather or closed-toe shoes, no jewelry, no contact lenses. |
| If you need to use the eyewash station, what is the minimum time it should be used while waiting for medical help? | 15 minutes |
| What should you do if you break glassware? | Don't touch it, call the teacher |
| Name three ways to maintain electrical safety in the lab. | Don't yank out plugs by the cord, keep electrical equipment away from water, always unplug electrical equipment when finished. |
| What is the independent variable? | The variable that is changed on purpose by the experimenter. |
| Which variable is changed "on purpose" by the experimenter? | The independent variable |
| What is the dependent variable (D.V.)? | The "measured" or responding variable. |
| Which variable is considered the "measured" or "responding" variable? | The Dependent Variable |
| What do you call all the things that are kept the same between the Experimental and Control group? | Constants |
| What are constants? | All the things in an experiment that remain the same between the experimental and control group. |
| What are the three most common sources of error? | Not enough trials, No control or basis of comparison, Not enough things held constant. |
| What is the difference between measured and calculated variables? | You use a measurement tool (like a ruler) to obtain measured variables, and math to obtain calculated variables. |
| What is the difference between the experimental and control groups? | The only difference is that the experimental group gets the I.V. and the control group does not. Everything else is the same. |
| What is an hypothesis? | An "educated guess" or "prediction" that comes before an experiment is performed and describes what you think will happen during the experiment. |
| What is a theory? | The best explanation of what an experimenter thinks is happening based on repeated trials and consistent results. |
| What is the main difference between an hypothesis and a theory? | An hypothesis comes before the experiment and a theory comes afterward. |
| What is the proper way to phrase a title for an experiment in a formal lab report? | The Effect of the I.V. on the D.V. |
| What is the most appropriate way to phrase your purpose in a formal lab report? | What is the relationship between the I.V. and the D.V.? |
| What type of data deals with numbers? | Quantitative |
| What type of data deals with physical descriptions? | Qualitative |
| What is qualitative data? | Data that deals with physical descriptions. |
| What is quantitative data? | Data that deals with numbers or measurements. |
| Which variable should be displayed on the x-axis of a graph? | the Independent Variable |
| Which variable should be displayed on the y-axis of a graph? | the Dependent Variable |
| What is a best fit line? | A line drawn through several data points which shows the same number of points above the line as below the line. |
| What is a phrase to help you remember the most common metric prefixes? | Either, "King Henry Died by drinking chocolate milk" or "King Henry's Daughters (Mary, Lucy, Grace) drink chocolate milk. |
| Name the metric prefix that means 100 times smaller than the base. | centi |
| Name the metric prefix that means 10 times smaller than the base | deci- |
| Name the metric prefix that means 1000 times smaller than the base. | milli- |
| Name the metric prefix that means 10 times larger than the base. | Deka- |
| Name the metric prefix that means 100 times larger than the base. | Hecto- |
| Name the metric prefix that means 1000 times larger than the base? | Kilo- |
| What is the metric base unit for length? | meter |
| What is the metric base unit for mass? | gram (kilogram) |
| What is the metric base unit for temperature? | Celsius (Kelvin) |
| What is the metric base unit for volume? | Liter (cm cubed) |
| What unit of measurement is the amount of space something occupies? | volume |
| What unit of measurement means the amount of matter something has? | mass |
| What is a unit of measurement for distance? | Length (meter) |
| What would be the most appropriate units to measure the distance from Ashburn to Tyson's Corner? | Kilometer |
| What would be the most appropriate measurement for a can of soda? | milliliter |
| What would be the most appropriate measurement for the mass of a textbook? | kilogram or gram |
| What would be the most appropriate measurement for the mass of a large paperclip? | gram |
| What would be the most appropriate measurement for the distance from room 111 to room 109? | meters |
