STUDY GUIDE: TEST ON SAFETY, LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION, CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING
THINGS, SCIENTIFIC
METHOD, DATA TABLES AND GRAPHING.
1. My Cow Only Eats Hay Grown Right Use this acronym to write down the
characteristics that all living things share. Add: Reacts to stimuli.
2. Write down the safety rule/s that apply to the following situations.
A. Heating up a chemical in a test tube.
B. Using acids in the lab.
C. Broken glass.
D. Lab protocol.
3. When do you need to wear goggles?
3. Write down the order of organization beginning with atoms through
biosphere.
4.For letters A - C decide whether it represents an inference or observation.
A. Joe is happy.
B. Larry has brown eyes.
C. Carol wants to be called on.
5. A Scientist wants to know if red light is better for plant growth than
natural light.
A. What is the independent variable?
B. What is the dependent variable?
C. What should the scientist control during the experiment?
D. What will be placed in the left column of the data table?
E. What will you place in the right column/s?
F. What will belong on the X axis?
G. What will belong on the Y axis?
6. List the things that all graphs require?
7. Review the worksheet: Can You Spot the Scientific Method.
