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Complete the eve1lls chain about methods a/science. These terllls may be used 1110re thnn once:
accuracy, bias, data, experiment, hypothesis, observation, processing information, sample size.
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Usc each of the terms below only once to complete the passage.
agricultural
environmental
bioengineering
living
biologists
mechanical
biotechnology
in (3)
efficiently. (4)
from becoming extinct. Scientists who work in the field of (5) _ ___._._______________.____ __ .._
often research cells, DNA, and living systems to discover new medica 1treatments, and those
who work in (6) __________________________ might study living systems in order to design
(7) _
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B. Euglena
9. Explain why any image you did not list does not depict a Jiving thing.
Read each of the following items.(fit describes a living thing, write yes. If 1Iot, write no.
10. is made of one or more cells
11. cannot respond to its environment
12. requires energy to function
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Numb er the levels of the organization of living things from l through 6 to put them in order
from simplest to most complex.
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13. organs
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18. biosphere
Read each of the following statements. If it describes a process of reprodllctio11, write yes.
For earh state1rlellt, circle tire stimulus a1ld underli1le the response.
24 . Your mouth waters at the sight offood on a plate.
25 . There is
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mechan i,rTl comes
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Date _ __ _ _ _ __ _
Class _ _ _ __
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Complete the table by checking the correct coillmn (5) for each description.
Description
Science
Pseudoscience
Complete the graphic orgallizer below. These tel'lYlS may be used more thall ollce:
claims
knowledge
peer review
uses (9) _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __
results
scientific
theories
_ theory
tests (11) . ._ _ _ _
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Column B
A. constant
B. experimental gro up
C. independent va riable
D. experi ment
E. control group
4. the factor that remains fixed in an experi ment
F. dependent variable
5. the condition being changed by the scientist
G.
hypothesi~
H. data
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C'omplete the table by checking the correct column (5) for each descriptioH.
Description
Quantitative
Research
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Qualitative
Research
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9. Numerical data
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