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