Question 1

Kittens are among the animals that scientists have cloned.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Match column 1 with the items in column 2.
-Studying how molecules affect living beings

Accepted Answer

A)  ecology 
B)  molecular biology 
C)  the functioning of plants and animals 
A)  ecology 
B)  molecular biology 
C)  the functioning of plants and animals

Question 3

Which of the following could be considered a scientific principle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leaves bend toward the light because they sense light is needed to grow. 
B)  The height of Americans has been steadily increasing over the past 30 years. 
C)  Radioactive isotopes can be used as tracers in medicine because radioactive isotopes behave the same as other isotopes. 
D)  Biology is a more exact science than chemistry. 
A)  Leaves bend toward the light because they sense light is needed to grow. 
B)  The height of Americans has been steadily increasing over the past 30 years. 
C)  Radioactive isotopes can be used as tracers in medicine because radioactive isotopes behave the same as other isotopes. 
D)  Biology is a more exact science than chemistry.

Question 4

Which one of the following is true about scientific knowledge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scientific knowledge is derived from careful thinking about the way things must work based on application of a few fundamental principles. 
B)  When based on many experiments, scientific knowledge is absolutely true. 
C)  Scientific knowledge is acquired though teachings passed on by great scientists. 
D)  Scientific knowledge is not absolute, because the possibility is always held open that new experiments may one day prove it wrong. 
E)  Scientific knowledge is derived from the strongest arguments made by the brightest scientists. 
A)  Scientific knowledge is derived from careful thinking about the way things must work based on application of a few fundamental principles. 
B)  When based on many experiments, scientific knowledge is absolutely true. 
C)  Scientific knowledge is acquired though teachings passed on by great scientists. 
D)  Scientific knowledge is not absolute, because the possibility is always held open that new experiments may one day prove it wrong. 
E)  Scientific knowledge is derived from the strongest arguments made by the brightest scientists.

Question 5

If a sperm carrying an X chromosome fertilizes a mother's egg, which of the following will be true?

Accepted Answer

A)  A baby girl will develop. 
B)  A sperm can't carry an X chromosome; only the egg can. 
C)  Nothing will happen. 
D)  A baby boy will develop. 
A)  A baby girl will develop. 
B)  A sperm can't carry an X chromosome; only the egg can. 
C)  Nothing will happen. 
D)  A baby boy will develop.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of statistics that were used to demonstrate that smoking causes lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

A)  A doctor notices that most of her lung cancer patients smoked. 
B)  A mathematical analysis of a large number of people with lung cancer demonstrated that far more people who smoked developed lung cancer. 
C)  A woman who smoked developed lung cancer. 
A)  A doctor notices that most of her lung cancer patients smoked. 
B)  A mathematical analysis of a large number of people with lung cancer demonstrated that far more people who smoked developed lung cancer. 
C)  A woman who smoked developed lung cancer.

Exam 1: A Guide to the Natural World

Kittens are among the animals that scientists have cloned.

Match column 1 with the items in column 2. -Studying how molecules affect living beings

Which of the following could be considered a scientific principle?

Which one of the following is true about scientific knowledge?

If a sperm carrying an X chromosome fertilizes a mother's egg, which of the following will be true?

Which of the following is an example of statistics that were used to demonstrate that smoking causes lung cancer?

Chemistry, Water and PH

Lifes Components: Biological Molecules

Lifes Home: The Cell

Lifes Border: The Plasma Membrane

An Introduction to Energy

Deriving Energy From Food

Photosynthesis

Genetics and Cell Division

Preparing for Sexual Reproduction: Meiosis

Mendel and His Discoveries

Chromosomes and Inheritance

Dna Structure and Replication

Transcription Translation and Regulation

Biotechnology

Charles Darwin, Evolutionary Thought, and the Evidence for Evolution

Microevolution

Macroevolution

The History of Life on Earth

The Evolution of Human Beings

The Diversity of Life 1

The Diversity of Life 2

The Diversity of Life 3

An Introduction to Flowering Plants

Form and Function in Flowering Plants

The Integumentary Skeletal and Muscular Systems

The Nervous and Endocrine System

The Immune System

Blood and Breath

Digestion, Nutrition and Elimination

Animal Development

Human Reproduction

Populations in Ecology

Communities in Ecology

Ecosystems and Biomes

Animal Behavior

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