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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
What is wrong with my car?
D
My car is too old to function properly.
2) You try to start your car, but it does not start. Which of these is a prediction?
A
My car is too old to function properly.
B
My car's battery is dead.
C
What is wrong with my car?
D
If I recharge the battery, then my car will start.
3) Which of the following has the proper components of the scientific method in order?
A
question, observation, experiment, analysis, prediction
B
observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, experiment, results, conclusion
C
observation, question, opinion, conclusion, hypothesis
D
experiment, conclusion, application
4) In a scientific experiment, the control group ______.
A
serves as a basis of comparison with the experimental group
B
is required for the validity of discovery science
C
allows for the simultaneous testing of multiple variables
D
is subjected to the factor whose effect is being tested
5) How do hypotheses differ from theories?
A
Hypotheses are educated guesses, and theories are tentative explanations.
B
Theories must be testable; hypotheses do not need to be testable.
C
Theories are more comprehensive than hypotheses.
D
Hypotheses are derived from experimentation, whereas theories are derived from observation.
6) Antibiotic resistance evolves in bacteria because ______.
A
the antibiotics create resistance genes in bacteria
B
none of the above
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 organisms and their interaction with the environment
B
study of genes
C
study of cells
D
naming and classifying of species
8) How does taxonomy assist biologists?
A
by reducing life to its smallest common denominator, the cell
B
by allowing us to create catchy rap songs about classification
C
by categorizing diverse items into smaller and smaller numbers of groups
D
by providing easily remembered scientific names for organisms
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
have been linked to increased risk of heart attacks.
C
are necessary to prevent heart attacks.
D
healthy products.
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