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| Choose the answer that best describes the sequence of the scientific method. |
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| observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion |
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The role of a control in an experiment is to:
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| provide a basis of comparison to an experiment group. |
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| We use the scientific method every day. Imagine your car donen't start one morning before school. Which of these is a reasonable hypothesis regarding the problem? |
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| A scientific explanation that is tentative and testable is termed a/an: |
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| Which of the following is a theory? |
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| There is molecular and biochemical evidence that all organisms are related. |
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| Which scientist disproved the theory of spontaneous generation? |
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| If you flip the light switch in your living room and nothing happens, what might be a good hypothesis to explain the absence of light? |
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| The circuit breaker for the living room might be the "off" position. |
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| Which one of the following is true about scientific knowledge? |
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| Scientific knowledge is not absolute, because the possibility is always held open that new experiments may one day prove it wrong. |
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| Which of the following is the most complex level of organization? |
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| A tree in your backyard is home to robins, squirrels,beetles, and lichens. Together all these organisms compose a/an: |
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| Living things inherit information from their parents encoded in: |
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| The liver releases glucose into the bloodstream if you don't eat for a long time. This represents an example of a characteristic possessed by all living things. Which is it? |
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| maintaining a relatively constant internal environment |
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| Which of the following is the correct order of complexity, going from least to most complex? |
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| atom, molecule,organelle,cell,tissue, organ |
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| Tissues are made of smaller units called: |
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