Question 1

Why is anthrax potentially such a problem on farms?

Accepted Answer

A)  It's deadly for humans. 
B)  It's associated with cattle feed. 
C)  It can exist as long-lasting spores in the soil so it's hard to eradicate. 
D)  It makes animals and crops inedible. 
E)  It's a potent biological weapon. 
A)  It's deadly for humans. 
B)  It's associated with cattle feed. 
C)  It can exist as long-lasting spores in the soil so it's hard to eradicate. 
D)  It makes animals and crops inedible. 
E)  It's a potent biological weapon. C

Question 2

What is empirical evidence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information from direct observation or experimental results 
B)  Informed, expert opinion 
C)  Only things which can be directly observed 
D)  Results from a controlled experiment 
E)  Information from any reliable source 
A)  Information from direct observation or experimental results 
B)  Informed, expert opinion 
C)  Only things which can be directly observed 
D)  Results from a controlled experiment 
E)  Information from any reliable source A

Question 3

Robert Koch discovered how anthrax bacteria is able to infect animals even when they don't come in contact with other sick animals. How does it do that?

Accepted Answer

Survives as spores in the soil

Question 4

If I tell you the potion I have made from bee pollen will cure cancer, but I don't provide any evidence of this, this is an example of____________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of If I tell you the potion I...

Question 5

Which of the following is a scientific statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unicorns used to exist because there are paintings of them from years ago. 
B)  A shark can jump as high as a low flying helicopter as shown in pictures on the internet. 
C)  Dinosaurs were killed off by a great flood as described in the Bible. 
D)  According to DNA comparisons, humans share a common ancestor with chimpanzees. 
E)  Dogs are smarter than cats because it's easier to train them. 
A)  Unicorns used to exist because there are paintings of them from years ago. 
B)  A shark can jump as high as a low flying helicopter as shown in pictures on the internet. 
C)  Dinosaurs were killed off by a great flood as described in the Bible. 
D)  According to DNA comparisons, humans share a common ancestor with chimpanzees. 
E)  Dogs are smarter than cats because it's easier to train them.

Question 6

A good scientific explanation is generalizable. What does that mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  It applies to applies to one specific situation or place. 
B)  It is generally correct but not always. 
C)  It explains everything about a subject. 
D)  It applies in any similar circumstance, not just one experiment. 
E)  Any scientist can understand it. 
A)  It applies to applies to one specific situation or place. 
B)  It is generally correct but not always. 
C)  It explains everything about a subject. 
D)  It applies in any similar circumstance, not just one experiment. 
E)  Any scientist can understand it.

Question 7

Science uses inductive reasoning to advance knowledge. This means that

Accepted Answer

A)  Scientists have to be incredibly smart. 
B)  Scientists make predictions and test them. 
C)  Scientists can always figure out what's going on. 
D)  Scientists can make things up if they can't test them. 
E)  Science isn't necessarily right. 
A)  Scientists have to be incredibly smart. 
B)  Scientists make predictions and test them. 
C)  Scientists can always figure out what's going on. 
D)  Scientists can make things up if they can't test them. 
E)  Science isn't necessarily right.

Question 8

Is this statement an observation, hypothesis, or theory: People who get enough sleep do better on exams.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Is this statement an observation, hypothesis, or...

Question 9

Who was Dr. Semmelweiss?

Accepted Answer

A)  The doctor who discovered that germs cause illness. 
B)  The doctor who figured out a cure for childbed fever. 
C)  The doctor who discovered how to reduce fevers. 
D)  The doctor who discovered how to prevent childbed fever in children. 
E)  The doctor who figured out how to prevent childbed fever. 
A)  The doctor who discovered that germs cause illness. 
B)  The doctor who figured out a cure for childbed fever. 
C)  The doctor who discovered how to reduce fevers. 
D)  The doctor who discovered how to prevent childbed fever in children. 
E)  The doctor who figured out how to prevent childbed fever.

Question 10

In our modern day and age, the bacteria that causes childbed fever has been completely eliminated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

If your prediction based on your hypothesis is tested and shown to be correct, does that mean your hypothesis is proven? Why?

Accepted Answer

No---there

Question 12

If you were going to study the effects of a certain fertilizer on plant growth, which list of variables would you most likely want to control (keep constant)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plant type, soil type 
B)  Plant type, soil type, water, light 
C)  Plant type and fertilizer 
D)  Fertilizer, soil type, water, light 
E)  Fertilizer, soil type , water, plant type 
A)  Plant type, soil type 
B)  Plant type, soil type, water, light 
C)  Plant type and fertilizer 
D)  Fertilizer, soil type, water, light 
E)  Fertilizer, soil type , water, plant type

Question 13

What procedure did Dr. Semmelweis order in the hospital that led to an immediate reduction in cases of childbed fever?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only midwives were allowed to assist in labor and delivery. 
B)  Only midwives were allowed to perform autopsies. 
C)  Doctors did deliveries in the morning, before the autopsies in the afternoon. 
D)  Everyone was required to scrub their hands with bleach prior to assisting with a delivery. 
E)  Everyone was required to scrub their hands with bleach prior to assisting with an autopsy. 
A)  Only midwives were allowed to assist in labor and delivery. 
B)  Only midwives were allowed to perform autopsies. 
C)  Doctors did deliveries in the morning, before the autopsies in the afternoon. 
D)  Everyone was required to scrub their hands with bleach prior to assisting with a delivery. 
E)  Everyone was required to scrub their hands with bleach prior to assisting with an autopsy.

Question 14

Why do doctors use the culture test for strep when they have the more rapid test to use?

Accepted Answer

The cultur

Question 15

Which of the following assumptions of science is violated by this statement: Tall people live longer than short people.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cause and effect 
B)  Consistency 
C)  Repeatability 
D)  Materialism 
A)  Cause and effect 
B)  Consistency 
C)  Repeatability 
D)  Materialism

Question 16

In the 1800s, a woman might prefer to give birth at home or with the help of midwives because

Accepted Answer

A)  There were no real medical schools yet, so no well-trained doctors. 
B)  I is more comfortable at home. 
C)  Hospitals and doctors somehow increased risk of childbed fever. 
D)  Childbed fever was easier to treat away from other patients. 
E)  Babies in hospitals were much less likely to die of childbed fever. 
A)  There were no real medical schools yet, so no well-trained doctors. 
B)  I is more comfortable at home. 
C)  Hospitals and doctors somehow increased risk of childbed fever. 
D)  Childbed fever was easier to treat away from other patients. 
E)  Babies in hospitals were much less likely to die of childbed fever.

Question 17

How did Dr. Semmelweis determine that childbed fever was actually caused by a germ or microorganism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Process of elimination. He experimented with every other possibility and that was all that was left that worked as an explanation. 
B)  He accidently stabbed a woman with a scalpel during childbirth, and she ended up dying of childbed fever. 
C)  He identified the bacteria in a blood sample from a woman who had died of childbed fever. 
D)  A midwife who had somehow figured it out pointed him in the right direction. 
E)  A colleague accidently stabbed himself with a scalpel during the autopsy of a woman who'd died of childbed fever, and he subsequently died of the fever. 
A)  Process of elimination. He experimented with every other possibility and that was all that was left that worked as an explanation. 
B)  He accidently stabbed a woman with a scalpel during childbirth, and she ended up dying of childbed fever. 
C)  He identified the bacteria in a blood sample from a woman who had died of childbed fever. 
D)  A midwife who had somehow figured it out pointed him in the right direction. 
E)  A colleague accidently stabbed himself with a scalpel during the autopsy of a woman who'd died of childbed fever, and he subsequently died of the fever.

Question 18

Pseudoscience is just like science except

Accepted Answer

A)  There are no controlled experiments or facts behind it. 
B)  People tend to believe it more than science. 
C)  A pseudoscientist always works in a lab. 
D)  Pseuodscientists tend to make more money than regular scientists. 
E)  Publishing pseudoscientific results is more difficult. 
A)  There are no controlled experiments or facts behind it. 
B)  People tend to believe it more than science. 
C)  A pseudoscientist always works in a lab. 
D)  Pseuodscientists tend to make more money than regular scientists. 
E)  Publishing pseudoscientific results is more difficult.

Question 19

What do you call a possible cause or mechanism that could explain an observation?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What do you call a possible cause...

Question 20

Is it okay to do an experiment just once? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

No-a prediction has

Why is anthrax potentially such a problem on farms?

What is empirical evidence?

Robert Koch discovered how anthrax bacteria is able to infect animals even when they don't come in contact with other sick animals. How does it do that?

If I tell you the potion I have made from bee pollen will cure cancer, but I don't provide any evidence of this, this is an example of____________.

Which of the following is a scientific statement?

A good scientific explanation is generalizable. What does that mean?

Science uses inductive reasoning to advance knowledge. This means that

Is this statement an observation, hypothesis, or theory: People who get enough sleep do better on exams.

Who was Dr. Semmelweiss?

In our modern day and age, the bacteria that causes childbed fever has been completely eliminated.

If your prediction based on your hypothesis is tested and shown to be correct, does that mean your hypothesis is proven? Why?

If you were going to study the effects of a certain fertilizer on plant growth, which list of variables would you most likely want to control (keep constant)?

What procedure did Dr. Semmelweis order in the hospital that led to an immediate reduction in cases of childbed fever?

Why do doctors use the culture test for strep when they have the more rapid test to use?

Which of the following assumptions of science is violated by this statement: Tall people live longer than short people.

In the 1800s, a woman might prefer to give birth at home or with the help of midwives because

How did Dr. Semmelweis determine that childbed fever was actually caused by a germ or microorganism?

Pseudoscience is just like science except

What do you call a possible cause or mechanism that could explain an observation?

Is it okay to do an experiment just once? Why or why not?

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Exam 2: The Nature of Science

Why is anthrax potentially such a problem on farms?

What is empirical evidence?

Robert Koch discovered how anthrax bacteria is able to infect animals even when they don't come in contact with other sick animals. How does it do that?

If I tell you the potion I have made from bee pollen will cure cancer, but I don't provide any evidence of this, this is an example of____________.

Which of the following is a scientific statement?

A good scientific explanation is generalizable. What does that mean?

Science uses inductive reasoning to advance knowledge. This means that

Is this statement an observation, hypothesis, or theory: People who get enough sleep do better on exams.

Who was Dr. Semmelweiss?

In our modern day and age, the bacteria that causes childbed fever has been completely eliminated.

If your prediction based on your hypothesis is tested and shown to be correct, does that mean your hypothesis is proven? Why?

If you were going to study the effects of a certain fertilizer on plant growth, which list of variables would you most likely want to control (keep constant)?

What procedure did Dr. Semmelweis order in the hospital that led to an immediate reduction in cases of childbed fever?

Why do doctors use the culture test for strep when they have the more rapid test to use?

Which of the following assumptions of science is violated by this statement: Tall people live longer than short people.

In the 1800s, a woman might prefer to give birth at home or with the help of midwives because

How did Dr. Semmelweis determine that childbed fever was actually caused by a germ or microorganism?

Pseudoscience is just like science except

What do you call a possible cause or mechanism that could explain an observation?

Is it okay to do an experiment just once? Why or why not?

The Nature of Biology and Evolution

Human Development

Inheritance, Genes, and Physical Characteristics

Cancer

Reproduction

Plants, Agriculture, and Genetic Engineering

Health Care and the Human Genome

Evolution

The Evolution of Disease

Homeostasis

Circulation and Respiration

The Nervous System

Infectious Diseases and the Immune System

Nutrition, Activity, and Wellness

Ecology

Biodiversity and Human Affairs

Human Population Growth

Filters