BIOLOGY EXIT EXAM with correct answers

BIOLOGY EXIT EXAM with correct |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




answers

observation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔what is seen or measured
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inference - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a conclusion based on observation or
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evidence


hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a untested prediction
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theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a broad explanation of natural events that is
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supported by strong evidence |\ |\ |\




controlled experiment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔compares the result of an
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experiment between two or more groups |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




experimental group - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔group being tested or receiving
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treatment


control group - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a study or experiment that does not
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receive the treatment
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placebo - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a sugar pill or other "fake " treatment given to
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the control group so subjects don't know which group they are in.
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, independent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔variable that is being tested
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(plotted on x axis) |\ |\ |\




dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔variable that is measured at the rn
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of experiment,results (plotted on y axis)
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autotrophs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔organism capable of synthesizing its own
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food


heterotrophs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an organisms that cannot manufacture its
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own food instead it obtains its food by taking in organic substances
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excretion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the process of eliminating or expelling
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wasted matter |\




nutrition - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the process of by which a living organism
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assimilates food and uses it for growth and for the replacement of tissue
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diffusion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔movement of molecules from high to low
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concentrations which requires no energy. |\ |\ |\ |\




active transport - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔molecules moving from low to high
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concentrations which requires use of energy |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




osmosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the diffusion of water into or out of the cell
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