Biology Unit 1 Pre -test
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This is a pretest for students in a sophmore/junior biology class at Fairview High School
- 1.You are walking down the street and see a young man walking towards you wearing sagging shorts, an oversized t-shirt and large silver necklace chain with a large pendant hanging on it. Which of the following is an INFERENCE about the young man
- A.
He is wearing sagging shorts
- B.
He is walking
- C.
He must get in trouble at school
- D.
He is wearing a necklace
- 2.The step by step directions for a lab activity are called the...
- A.
Process
- B.
Procedure
- C.
Prototype
- D.
To do list
- 3.Researchers at a the Cleveland Museum of Natural History have noticed that there are fewer dragonfly larvae in the feeder creeks of the Rocky River Reservation. Which of the following would be a testable hypothesis to explain this:
- A.
If pH levels in the water are higher because of pollution and there are too many frogs in the water, then there will be fewer larvae
- B.
If there is a drop in water temperature then dissolved oxygen levels will also drop and this will kill off larvae
- C.
Larvae don't like to live on the west side of the Rocky River
- D.
Larvae like to eat small insect eggs
- 4.Which of the following is not part of the scientific method?
- A.
Conclusion
- B.
Data Collection
- C.
Observation
- D.
Wandering Variables
- 5.The independent variable in an experiment is the variable that is:
- A.
Controlled by the experimenter
- B.
Effected by the experiment
- C.
Not effected by anything anyone does to the experiment
- D.
Variable that can be left out of the experiment
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