BIOLOGY SOL STUDY GUIDE 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

BIOLOGY SOL STUDY GUIDE 2026 TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+

●● Dependent variable.
Answer: Variable that is measured during an experiment


●● Independent variable.
Answer: Variable that is changed in the experiment


●● Control.
Answer: In an experiment, the standard that is used for comparison, that
does NOT get the experimental treatment


●● Hypothesis.
Answer: An educated guess about what you think will happen in the
experiment


●● Theory.
Answer: An accepted explanation of something based on many
observations and experiments.

,●● Observation.
Answer: Information obtained through the senses


●● Conclusion.
Answer: A summary based on evidence or facts, made at the END of the
experiment


●● Organism.
Answer: A living thing


●● Classification.
Answer: The process of grouping things based on their similarities


●● Vertebrate.
Answer: An animal with a backbone


●● Invertebrate.
Answer: any animal lacking a backbone


●● Prokaryote.
Answer: A single‐celled organism that does not have a nucleus or
specialized organelles. Ex. Bacteria

, ●● Eukaryote.
Answer: A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles.
Ex. Plants and animals


●● Fungus.
Answer: heterotrophs that digest food outside of their body and absorb
nutrients; a kind of decomposer


●● Cell.
Answer: basic unit of life


●● Unicellular.
Answer: organism made of one cell


●● Multicellular.
Answer: organism made of many cells


●● Herbivore.
Answer: Animal that feeds on plants


●● Omnivore.
Answer: Animal that feeds on both animals and plants