VIRGINIA BIOLOGY SOL REVIEW EXAM
2024-2025
Scientific Method - ANSWER An organized way to test scientific hypotheses
Qualitative - ANSWER observation using the 5 senses (for example red, blue, hot,
cold)
Quantitative - ANSWER Observation using measuring tools and is given in a
number form (for example 5 millilitres of liquid)
Dependent variable - ANSWER Variable that responds(depends) on what is
changed by the researcher.
Independent variable - ANSWER Variable that you change in the experiment. The
"I changed it" Variable.
Control - ANSWER Setup where the independent variable is not changed.
Constant - ANSWER Things that can change in an experiment but you want to
keep the same.
Hypothesis - ANSWER An educated guess.
Theory - ANSWER An accepted explanation of something based on many
observations and experiments.
Evidence - ANSWER your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to
base belief
Analysis - ANSWER an investigation of the parts of a whole and their relations in
making up the whole
Inference - ANSWER the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or
judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that
,of the former
Observation - ANSWER an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence often
involving measurement with instruments
Conclusion - ANSWER a reasoned judgment: the necessary consequence of two or
more propositions taken as premises
Deduction - ANSWER the deriving of a conclusion by reasoning
Kingdom - ANSWER a major category (as Plantae or Protista) in biological
taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below the domain
Phylum - ANSWER a primary category in biological taxonomy, especially of
animals that rank above the class and below the kingdom
Class - ANSWER a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order
and below the phylum or division
Order - ANSWER taxonomic group containing one or more families
Family - ANSWER a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (sharks
belong to the fish family)
Genus - ANSWER taxonomic group containing one or more species
Species - ANSWER taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
Organism - ANSWER a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or
function independently
Binomial - ANSWER a biological species name consisting of two terms
Taxonomy - ANSWER study of the general principles of scientific classification
Taxa - ANSWER animal or plant group having natural relations
Dichotomous key - ANSWER a key for the identification of organisms based on a
series of choices between alternative characters
Classification - ANSWER the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or
, categories
Chordate - ANSWER any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or
spinal column
Vertebrate - ANSWER animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a
segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Invertebrate - ANSWER any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is
not used as a scientific classification
Prokaryote - ANSWER a unicellular organism having cells lacking
membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are
blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma
Eukaryote - ANSWER an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except
primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or
membrane-bound nuclei in its cells
Archaebacteria - ANSWER considered ancient life forms that evolved separately
from bacteria and blue-green algae
Eubacteria - ANSWER a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile
types have flagella
Fungi - ANSWER the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants
Animalia - ANSWER taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
Protista - ANSWER eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from
multicellular plants and animals; protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
Monera - ANSWER Old classification for all bacteria.
Protozoan - ANSWER Mostly one celled Eukaryotes with no cell wall. Some are
Plant like, some are animal like and some are fungus like.
Cell - ANSWER basic unit of life
Unicellular - ANSWER organism made of one cell
Multicellular - ANSWER organism made of many cells
2024-2025
Scientific Method - ANSWER An organized way to test scientific hypotheses
Qualitative - ANSWER observation using the 5 senses (for example red, blue, hot,
cold)
Quantitative - ANSWER Observation using measuring tools and is given in a
number form (for example 5 millilitres of liquid)
Dependent variable - ANSWER Variable that responds(depends) on what is
changed by the researcher.
Independent variable - ANSWER Variable that you change in the experiment. The
"I changed it" Variable.
Control - ANSWER Setup where the independent variable is not changed.
Constant - ANSWER Things that can change in an experiment but you want to
keep the same.
Hypothesis - ANSWER An educated guess.
Theory - ANSWER An accepted explanation of something based on many
observations and experiments.
Evidence - ANSWER your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to
base belief
Analysis - ANSWER an investigation of the parts of a whole and their relations in
making up the whole
Inference - ANSWER the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or
judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that
,of the former
Observation - ANSWER an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence often
involving measurement with instruments
Conclusion - ANSWER a reasoned judgment: the necessary consequence of two or
more propositions taken as premises
Deduction - ANSWER the deriving of a conclusion by reasoning
Kingdom - ANSWER a major category (as Plantae or Protista) in biological
taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below the domain
Phylum - ANSWER a primary category in biological taxonomy, especially of
animals that rank above the class and below the kingdom
Class - ANSWER a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order
and below the phylum or division
Order - ANSWER taxonomic group containing one or more families
Family - ANSWER a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (sharks
belong to the fish family)
Genus - ANSWER taxonomic group containing one or more species
Species - ANSWER taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
Organism - ANSWER a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or
function independently
Binomial - ANSWER a biological species name consisting of two terms
Taxonomy - ANSWER study of the general principles of scientific classification
Taxa - ANSWER animal or plant group having natural relations
Dichotomous key - ANSWER a key for the identification of organisms based on a
series of choices between alternative characters
Classification - ANSWER the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or
, categories
Chordate - ANSWER any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or
spinal column
Vertebrate - ANSWER animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a
segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Invertebrate - ANSWER any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is
not used as a scientific classification
Prokaryote - ANSWER a unicellular organism having cells lacking
membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are
blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma
Eukaryote - ANSWER an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except
primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or
membrane-bound nuclei in its cells
Archaebacteria - ANSWER considered ancient life forms that evolved separately
from bacteria and blue-green algae
Eubacteria - ANSWER a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile
types have flagella
Fungi - ANSWER the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants
Animalia - ANSWER taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
Protista - ANSWER eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from
multicellular plants and animals; protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
Monera - ANSWER Old classification for all bacteria.
Protozoan - ANSWER Mostly one celled Eukaryotes with no cell wall. Some are
Plant like, some are animal like and some are fungus like.
Cell - ANSWER basic unit of life
Unicellular - ANSWER organism made of one cell
Multicellular - ANSWER organism made of many cells
