STUDY GUIDE FOR FIRST NINE
WEEKS TEST
1. A working definition is a
definition that
changes to
accommodate new
information.
2. Examples of
life processes
are food gathering,
digestion,
reproduction, etc.
3. One way scientists
classify organisms is
by their scientific
name.
4. An organism is a
complete living thing.
5. Anything living or
once was part of
something living is
called organic.
6. The habitat is
where an organism
lives.
7. An organism may
be composed of one or
more cells.
8. Classification is an
organization of
organisms.
9. Inorganic is
nonliving.
10. Diversity is how
things are different.
11. An eyepiece
usually contains a
10x lens.
12. A stage clip
usually holds the
slide in place.
13. The coarse adjustment knob
moves the body tube
up and down.
14. The title of a
drawing appears in
uppercase letters.
15. Labels
are
printed neatly outside
the field of view and
parallel to the bottom
of the page.
16. Measurements are
printed within
parenthesis to the
right of the title.
17. The scientific
name of the
WOWBug is Melittobia
digitata.
18. Center the
specimen in the field
of
view.
19. The compound light
microscope is a tool
that extends our
sense of sight.
20. Beetles are the
most common insect.
21. An entomologist
studies insects.
22. Plants use energy
from the sun.
23. The seven layer
system consists of the
following:
kingdom
family
phylum
genus
class
order
species
24. Taxonomy is the
science of classifying
living things.
25. An organism is
named on the basis of
its genus and species.
26. The first letter of
the genus name is
always capitalized.
27. When a scientific
name is hand
written, it is underlined.
28. The scientific
name of the
California Blackworm
is Lumbriculus
variegatus.
29. A blackworm has a
segmented body that
is similar to that of
the earthworm.
30. Segmented
means separated or
divided.
31. Lateral means
relating to or of the
side.
32. An insect is a
small, winged
arthropod with 3
pairs of legs, a
segmented body, and
2 pairs of wings.
33. Fragmentation is
the act of cutting or
dividing.
34. The anterior is the
head of an organism.
35. Asexual is the type
of reproduction that
forms new organisms
with a single parent.
36. The abdomen is
the third body
segment of insects.
37. A Lumbriculus
fragment can regenerate
a lost head, tail, or
both.
38. Blood pulsates
through the dorsal
blood vessel of the
Lumbriculus from the
posterior to the anterior
.
39. The title of a graph
appears
above the graph.
40. A variable describes
what information you
are recording and is
written along the
horizontal and vertical
axis.
41. Unit tells how the
variables are being
measured.
42. Plotting is
finding the data point
for an ordered pair.
43. A constant is
information on the
graph that remains
the same, or shows no
change.
44. Numbers appear
evenly spaced in
intervals along the
axis.
An experiment was performed
to test the effects of different
types of fertilizers on the
number of tomatoes produced
by one type of tomato plant.
What is the experimental
(independent) variable in this
investigation?