Virginia Biology SOL Review questions with answers

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Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An organized way to test
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Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Variable that is measured
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during an experiment
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Independent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Variable that is changed in
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the experiment
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Control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In an experiment, the standard that is
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used for comparison, that does NOT get the experimental treatment
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Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An educated guess about what you
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think will happen in the experiment
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Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An accepted explanation of something
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based on many observations and experiments.
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Observation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Information obtained through the
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senses

, Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A summary based on evidence or
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facts, made at the END of the experiment
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Organism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A living thing
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Classification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The process of grouping things \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




based on their similarities
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Vertebrate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An animal with a backbone
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Invertebrate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any animal lacking a backbone
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Prokaryote - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A single‐celled organism that does not
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have a nucleus or specialized organelles. Ex. Bacteria
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Eukaryote - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A cell that contains a nucleus and
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membrane bound organelles. Ex. Plants and animals
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Fungus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔heterotrophs that digest food outside of
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their body and absorb nutrients; a kind of decomposer
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Cell - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔basic unit of life
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