Exam 19: Applying the Science

The U.S.federal government funds the vast majority of scientific research intended to expand the fundamental knowledge base of sciences such as the life sciences,biomedicine,and agriculture.Since the funding comes from taxpayers,this ________ research is not considered biased.

Rick has high blood pressure and decides to try an herbal supplement recommended by his friend.Which of the following questions would NOT have helped Rick scientifically evaluate his friend's recommendation before he began taking the herbal supplement?

Therapeutic touch (TT)is a type of "energy" medicine that involves the practitioner moving his/her hands over the energy field of the patient,without actually touching the patient,to redirect the energy field and heal the patient.Which of the following would NOT help you to evaluate the claims of TT practitioners?

Scientists at a major university are attempting to isolate the gene that slows the degeneration of collagen in skin.This is an example of

Which of the following statements about the process of science is NOT accurate?

You are reading an article in the National Geographic about Tiktaalik (believed to be the evolutionary transition from fish to terrestrial tetrapods).This article is an example of

A research team funded by a pharmaceutical company is studying the adaptation of grasshopper mice to the neurotoxic venom of scorpions in an attempt to determine how the mice's adaptation could be used as a possible solution to pain management in humans.This is an example of

When individuals use the scientific process to question information and make informed decisions about the world around them,they are acting in a(n)________ literate manner.

This figure,based on data collected by The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,graphically illustrates

The fact that the onset of autism symptoms typically occur at about the same age children receive many of their vaccinations,including the MMR,is an example of

Thomas's foot began to swell after he was stung by a scorpion.Thomas's friend said his mom had an old,trusted herbal poultice remedy that would absorb the venom from the foot,reduce the swelling,and heal the foot.Thomas allowed his friend to place the herbal poultice on his foot before going to bed that night,and the swelling was gone in the morning.Which of the following can be concluded about the herbal poultice remedy?

A researcher noticed that as the prevalence of cell phone usage increased between the years of 1998 and 2010 so did the number of individuals diagnosed with autism.He decided that cell phone usage by expectant mothers was causing autism.Which of the following would NOT be helpful in evaluating his assumption?

A research team funded by federal grants is studying the coevolution of pain receptors in grasshopper mice and the neurotoxic venom of scorpions (one of their primary food sources)to determine how the mice have adapted to the venom of their prey.This is an example of

MATCHING Indicate below which texts are examples of primary literature and which are examples of secondary literature. -Popular Science,a popular magazine about science

A scientific paper that combines results from several cohort studies and a case-control study would be considered a(n)

You are reading a paper in the journal Vaccine that analyzed and combined the results from five observational studies involving over one million children and another five studies that compared children with autism to children without autism (a total of nearly 10,000 children).The paper you are reading is best recognized as a

Although it seems contradictory,real science does not intend to "prove" a hypothesis to be true.This is because

MATCHING Indicate below which texts are examples of primary literature and which are examples of secondary literature. -National Geographic,a popular magazine about science and the world

Announcing "scientific" findings in a press conference before they have been published in an established scientific journal is an example of

MATCHING Indicate below which texts are examples of primary literature and which are examples of secondary literature. -Journal of the American Medical Association,a peer-reviewed scientific journal