Chapter 1

Biology and You

Does Your Clicker Work?

100%

1. YES

1
 Which branch of science studies all living
things?
100%

1. Microbiology
2. Zoology
3. Botany
4. Biology

0% 0% 0%

1 2 3 4
 Which branch of science studies only
animals?
100%

1. Ecology
2. Botany
3. Zoology
4. Social Sciences

0% 0% 0%

1 2 3 4
Which branch of science studies only plants?

92%
1. Botany
2. Zoology
3. Biology
4. Microbiology

8%
0% 0%

1 2 3 4
Which branch of science studies the interactions
between organisms and the environment?

92%

1. Biology
2. Ecology
3. Microbiology
4. Botany

8%
0% 0%

1 2 3 4
Which branch of science studies microscopic
life?
100%

1. Microbiology
2. Zoology
3. Technology
4. Sociology

0% 0% 0%

1 2 3 4
True or False: The cell is the simplest unit of
life.

85%

1. True
2. False

15%

1 2
 Participant Scores
6 Ibrahim
6 Elaine
6 Hira
6 Frida
6 Tyler
In which step of the scientific method do you form an
educated guess on what you will think will happen in
your experiment?

92%
1. Observation
2. Test
3. Hypothesis
4. Conclusion

8%
0% 0%

1 2 3 4
What is the 1st step of the scientific method?

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1. Form a Conclusion
2. Form a Hypothesis
3. Test
4. Make an Observation

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 Which theme of biology deals with how organisms
break down food into energy that they can use?
100%

1. Reproduction
2. Metabolism
3. Heredity
4. Cellular Structure
and Function
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1 2 3 4
Which of the following is a way that you can help
preserve the environment?

85%
1. Recycling
2. Cutting down on
pollution
3. Stopping
Deforestation
4. All of the Above 15%

0% 0%

1 2 3 4
Which theme of biology deals with the ability of
organisms to maintain a constant internal
temperature?
77%

1. Heredity
2. Homeostasis
3. Evolution
4. Reproduction
15%
8%
0%

1 2 3 4
 Participant Scores
11 Ibrahim
11 Elaine
11 Hira
11 Frida
11 Tyler
 Which of the following is a disease currently
being researched by scientists to find a cure for?

100%

1. AIDS
2. H1N1
3. Cancer
4. All of the Above

0% 0% 0%

1 2 3 4
Which theme of biology deals with how parents
pass their traits off to their children?

92%

1. Homeostasis
2. Heredity
3. Evolution
4. Interdependence

8%
0% 0%

1 2 3 4
 Which theme of biology deals with the change
in a species characteristics over time?
100%

1. Evolution
2. Reproduction
3. Cellular Structure
and Function
4. Homeostasis

0% 0% 0%

1 2 3 4
 Fill in the blank: Genetic engineering allows
scientists to remove ____________ genes from
a human and replace them with normal genes.
100%

1. Defective
2. Normal
3. Good

0% 0%

1 2 3
True or False: Almost all of the energy on the
Earth originates from the Sun

77%

1. True
2. False
23%

1 2
 True or False: Scientists have been able to
successfully map out the entire human genome.

69%

1. True
2. False
31%

1 2
 Participant Scores
17 Ibrahim
17 Hira
17 Tyler
17 Meagan
17 Steve