The Study of Life
Practice Test
1.
When looking through a microscope with a 10x eyepiece lens and a 40x objective lens, the object you are viewing is magnified how many times ?
a.
40 times
b.
400 times
c.
50 times
d.
30 times
Hint
2.
What scientific discipline involves the study of living and once-living things ?
a.
chemistry
b.
psychology
c.
biology
d.
biography
Hint
3.
What is the SI unit for measuring time ?
a.
zones
b.
moments
c.
second
d.
degrees
Hint
4.
What is the freezing point of water on the Celsius scale?
a.
100 degrees
b.
212 degrees
c.
32 degrees
d.
0 degrees
Hint
5.
What is the name of the very high-powered microscope that can magnify objects more than 500,000 times ?
a.
compound light microscope
b.
light microscope
c.
electron microscope
d.
stereomicroscope
Hint
6.
I think that IF my school bus were to get caught in a traffic jam, THEN I would be late to school. This sentence is an example of a ___.
a.
data
b.
hypothesis
c.
control
d.
variable
Hint
7.
Solve the following problem being careful to answer in the correct SI units: 1 kg = ___ mg?
a.
100 kg
b.
1,000 mg
c.
1,000,000 mg
d.
1 gram
Hint
8.
Solve the following problem being careful to answer in the correct SI units: 593.0 mL + 607.0 mL = __ L?
a.
1200 L
b.
1.2 L
c.
12 mL
d.
14 L
Hint
9.
Organ transplants, laser surgery, and space ships are examples of this product of scientific discovery.
a.
the light bulb
b.
money
c.
technology
d.
the metric system
Hint
10.
A statement that can be tested is called _______ ?
a.
a conclusion
b.
data
c.
a hypothesis
d.
a problem
Hint
