VIRGINIA BIOLOGY SOL REVIEW
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Scientific Method - Correct Answers -An organized way to test scientific hypotheses
Dependent variable - Correct Answers -Variable that is measured during an experiment
Independent variable - Correct Answers -Variable that is changed in the experiment
,Control - Correct Answers -In an experiment, the standard that is used for comparison,
that does NOT get the experimental treatment
Hypothesis - Correct Answers -An educated guess about what you think will happen in
the experiment
Theory - Correct Answers -An accepted explanation of something based on many
observations and experiments.
Observation - Correct Answers -Information obtained through the senses
Conclusion - Correct Answers -A summary based on evidence or facts, made at the
END of the experiment
Organism - Correct Answers -A living thing
, Classification - Correct Answers -The process of grouping things based on their
similarities
Vertebrate - Correct Answers -An animal with a backbone
Invertebrate - Correct Answers -any animal lacking a backbone
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Scientific Method - Correct Answers -An organized way to test scientific hypotheses
Dependent variable - Correct Answers -Variable that is measured during an experiment
Independent variable - Correct Answers -Variable that is changed in the experiment
,Control - Correct Answers -In an experiment, the standard that is used for comparison,
that does NOT get the experimental treatment
Hypothesis - Correct Answers -An educated guess about what you think will happen in
the experiment
Theory - Correct Answers -An accepted explanation of something based on many
observations and experiments.
Observation - Correct Answers -Information obtained through the senses
Conclusion - Correct Answers -A summary based on evidence or facts, made at the
END of the experiment
Organism - Correct Answers -A living thing
, Classification - Correct Answers -The process of grouping things based on their
similarities
Vertebrate - Correct Answers -An animal with a backbone
Invertebrate - Correct Answers -any animal lacking a backbone