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Chapter 1 Introduction: Biology Today Part 4 Of 4
Test Description: Campbell Essential Biology, 4e (Simon/Yeh)
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) You try to start your car, but it does not start. Which of these is a hypothesis?
A
If I recharge the battery, then my car will start.
B
My car's battery is dead.
C
My car is too old to function properly.
D
What is wrong with my car?
2) You try to start your car, but it does not start. Which of these is a prediction?
A
If I recharge the battery, then my car will start.
B
What is wrong with my car?
C
My car is too old to function properly.
D
My car's battery is dead.
3) Which of the following has the proper components of the scientific method in order?
A
experiment, conclusion, application
B
observation, question, opinion, conclusion, hypothesis
C
observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, experiment, results, conclusion
D
question, observation, experiment, analysis, prediction
4) In a scientific experiment, the control group ______.
A
is required for the validity of discovery science
B
is subjected to the factor whose effect is being tested
C
allows for the simultaneous testing of multiple variables
D
serves as a basis of comparison with the experimental group
5) How do hypotheses differ from theories?
A
Theories are more comprehensive than hypotheses.
B
Hypotheses are derived from experimentation, whereas theories are derived from observation.
C
Theories must be testable; hypotheses do not need to be testable.
D
Hypotheses are educated guesses, and theories are tentative explanations.
6) Antibiotic resistance evolves in bacteria because ______.
A
none of the above
B
the antibiotics create resistance genes in bacteria
C
the presence of antibiotics favors bacteria that already have genes for resistance
D
farmers do not use enough antibiotics in animal feed
7) Taxonomy is the ______.
A
study of cells
B
naming and classifying of species
C
study of genes
D
study of organisms and their interaction with the environment
8) How does taxonomy assist biologists?
A
by allowing us to create catchy rap songs about classification
B
by providing easily remembered scientific names for organisms
C
by reducing life to its smallest common denominator, the cell
D
by categorizing diverse items into smaller and smaller numbers of groups
9) In Natural Selection, the population that survives has
A
heritable traits most suitable to the environment
B
a single member which has a mutation
C
heritible traits that very few members of the population inherit
D
a resistance to change
10) Trans fats are
A
are natural products.
B
healthy products.
C
are necessary to prevent heart attacks.
D
have been linked to increased risk of heart attacks.
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