Exam 1: An Introduction to Life on Earth

Imagine that 1 milliliter of an experimental drug diluted in a saline solution is injected into 20 pregnant mice to determine possible side effects. Which of the following is a suitable control for this experiment?

Which of these is NOT scientific?

In a word, "evolution" means:

A typical animal is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

Consider the observation that people taking Drug X for headaches also seem to have low blood pressure. Design a simple experiment based on this observation, and include a hypothesis statement and your actual experimental design for the study.

Scientific experimentation generally leads to more questions. True or False?

Which kingdom possesses unicellular animal-like species and unicellular plantlike species?

Define biodiversity.

The concept of evolution is based on:

A basic difference between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell is that the prokaryotic cell:

Which of the following is true regarding faith-based assertions and scientific theories?

Which of the following is an example of deductive reasoning?

An organism's ability to maintain its internal stability when the external environment changes is called:

Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus belong to the domains ________ and ________.

We use the scientific method every day. Imagine that your car doesn't start one morning before school. Which of these is a reasonable hypothesis regarding the problem?

A good experiment should include as many variables as possible at the same time. True or False?

For the following question(s), choose the characteristic of a living organism that best corresponds to each statement. Selections may be used once, more than once, or not at all. A. Growth B. Reproduction C. Homeostasis D. Evolution E. Response to stimuli -A bacterium divides into two bacteria that are identical to, but smaller than, the original bacterium.

The scientific method includes all of the following EXCEPT:

For the following question(s), choose the characteristic of a living organism that best corresponds to each statement. Selections may be used once, more than once, or not at all. A. Growth B. Reproduction C. Homeostasis D. Evolution E. Response to stimuli -At the beginning of the week a plant is 3 inches tall, and at the end of the week it is 4 inches tall.

Which of the following statements is a hypothesis rather than a theory?