1. Jeopardy!

2. Jeopardy
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
4000
4000
4000
4000
5000
5000
5000
5000
6000
6000
6000
6000

3. Aristotle observed living things and decided that any living organism could be classifies as either ____________ or ________________.
Living or non-living
plant or animal
kingdom or phylum
family or species

4. To determine the evolutionary history of an organism, or how it has changed over time, scientists will use the organism’s _________.
Class
name
Genus
phylogeny

5. Classification is the grouping ideas, information, or objects based on their _________.
Common name
place of origin
basic food needs
similar characteristics

6. Organisms of which category can mate and produce fertile offspring?
Kingdom
family
species
genus

7. Compare and contrast biogenesis and spontaneous generation.
A. Spontaneous generation is the idea that living things can only come from other living things while biogenesis is the theory that living things come from non-living things.
B. Biogenesis is the idea that living things can only come from other living things while spontaneous generation is the theory that living things come from non-living things.
C. Unlike biogenesis, spontaneous generation is a statement about how thing work in nature that seems to be true all the time.
D. Biogenesis has never been proven with experiments but spontaneous generation has.

8. The one thing is as experiment that can change is the _______.
Control
subject
variable
data

9. An example of spontaneous generation is_________.
A single cell dividing and becoming two cells
a female human giving birth to a baby
mice reproducing from grain
a starfish re-growing a leg

10. A scientific ______ is a statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true all the time.
Variable
law
theory
method

11. If a scientist performed many experiments in the same way on the same type of subject and got the same results every time, he/she might form a(n)___________.
Prediction
observation
theory
scientific law

12. In solving problems, scientists use organization and critical thinking in a series of steps called _________.
Scientific laws
scientific theories
scientific hypotheses
scientific methods

13. The standard to which the outcome of an experiment is compared is a ________________.
Control
hypothesis
Variable
theory

14. Which is NOT a trait of living things?
Living things reproduce
Living things are organized
Living things move from place to place
Living things use energy

15. Which of the following is an example of homeostasis?
A baby learning to crawl
a dog panting in hot weather
a bird building a nest
a person riding a bike

16. When a door slams and you jump, you are responding to a ______.
Stimulus
reaction
variable
control

17. Which of the following is raw material that is important for ALL living things and makes up more than 50% of most organisms?
Blood
food
Water
Protein

18. What so scientists call the length of time an organism is expected to live?
A. life span
B. Development
C. Life cycle
D. Old age

19. Animals need all of the following for survival EXCEPT ____________.
Water
a place to live
food
the ability to move

20. Science is often described as ____________.
Critical thinking and problem solving
an organized way of performing an experiment and analyzing data
an organized way of studying things and finding answers to questions
solving problems and answering questions

21. The five traits of living things are….
Living things sleep, eat, live, reproduce, and die
living things respond, grow, develop, reproduce, and use energy
living things are organized, reproduce, grow, respond, die
living things respond, use energy, grow and develop, reproduce, and are organized

22. To survive, all living things need_____________.
Raw materials and a place to live
a house to live in and food to eat
oxygen and raw materials
Carbon dioxide and a place to live

23. Living things are made up of substance such as ______________.
water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide
oxygen, proteins, and blood
proteins, sugars, and fats
proteins, fats, and water

24. The first name of an organism’s scientific name is the __________.
Genus
species
family
kingdom

25. A tad pole turning into a frog is an example of __________________.
Homeostasis
biogenesis
adaptation
development

26. An example of biogenesis is _____________.
Worms falling from the sky when it rains
flies coming from rotting meat
a cat giving birth to a litter of kittens
termites hatching out of wood

27. Correct

28. Try Again

29. If you were classifying, or grouping, the following items, which would NOT belong with the others?
And orange
a carrot
a pineapple
a peach

30. To determine the identification of a species, scientists use a _______.
Dichotomus key
field guide
encyclopedia
glossary

31. Which sequence in the table below shows the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?
A- Draw Conclusions
B- Form a Hypothesis
C- Gather information
D- Perform an experiment
E- State the Problem
F- Analyze the Data
G- Report the Results
E, F, D, E, B, C, A
E, A, B, C, G, F, D
E, C, B, D, F, A, G
E, C, A, B, D, G, F