Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
idea that living things come from nonliving things is known as ____________________. a. | biogenesis | c. | spontaneous
generation | b. | binomial nomenclature | d. | homeostasis | | | | |
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____________ is something in an experiment that can change. a. | control | c. | hypothesis | b. | variable | d. | conclusion | | | | |
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scientific ____________ is a statement about how things owrk in nature that seems to be true all the
time. a. | law | c. | theory | b. | idea | d. | hypothesis | | | | |
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What
is the first and largest category of the classification system? a. | Kingdom | c. | Phylum | b. | Species | d. | Family | | | | |
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_____________ is the standard to which the outcome of a test is compared. a. | variable | c. | control | b. | hypothesis | d. | figure | | | | |
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The
theory that living things come only from other living things. a. | biogenesis | c. | scientific
method | b. | spontaneous generation | d. | non of the above | | | | |
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The
smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life. a. | nucleus | c. | organism | b. | organelles | d. | cell | | | | |
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A
scientific ______________ is an explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge that is
the result of many observations and experiments. a. | method | c. | idea | b. | conclusion | d. | theory | | | | |
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An
organism’s ability to keep the proper conditions inside no matter what is going on outside the
organism is called ______________. a. | energy | c. | homeostasis | b. | phylogeny | d. | internal
stimuli | | | | |
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_________ is a group of similar species. a. | family | c. | phylum | b. | genus | d. | kingdom | | | | |
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_________________ is the evolutionary history of an organism, or how it has changed
over time. a. | Kingdom | c. | Phylogeny | b. | Genus | d. | Binomial Nomenclature. | | | | |
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Any
living thing is called a(n) _________________. a. | cell | c. | group of similar cells | b. | organism | d. | nucleus | | | | |
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A
prediction that can be test and is typically refered to an educated guess. a. | theory | c. | hypothesis | b. | law | d. | variable | | | | |
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In
science, this organization often takes the form of a series of procedures called
___________________. a. | scientific methods | c. | hypothesis | b. | types of
science | d. | variable | | | | |
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The
two word naming system that Linnaeus used to name various species is called a. | genus | c. | phylogeny | b. | species | d. | binomial nomenclature | | | | |
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