Question 1

A scientific finding is believed to be true until new evidence arises.This view is referred to as:

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A) provisional assent. 
B) immutable laws. 
C) a theory. 
D) a supernatural explanation.

Question 2

You are a part of the first scientific team to land on Mars.What steps would you take to determine whether there is any life there? If you found something,how would you know whether it is a living thing?

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The answer of You are a part of the first...

Question 3

Because scientists are in the business of investigating nature,scientists function as:

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A) society's eyes and ears on the natural world. 
B) political advisors. 
C) authorities on the natural world. 
D) protectors of the natural world.

Question 4

In terms of the hierarchical organization of life,a bacterium is at the ________ level of organization,and a human is at the ________ level of organization.

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The answer of In terms of the hierarchical organization of...

Question 5

Science presents society with ________,about which society then makes decisions.

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A) values 
B) theories 
C) options 
D) worst-case scenarios

Question 6

The role of a control in an experiment is to:

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A) prove a hypothesis is correct. 
B) ensure the experiment can be repeated. 
C) prove that a hypothesis is correct and ensure repeatability. 
D) provide a basis of comparison to an experimental group.

Question 7

Evolution allows us to explain:

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A) only the origin of life. 
B) only the unity of life. 
C) only the diversity of life. 
D) both the diversity of life and how all living things are related.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of how living things assimilate energy?

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A) blinking at a bright light 
B) producing a new generation of offspring 
C) eating a meal 
D) solving a mathematics problem

Question 9

Which of the following is a theory?

Accepted Answer

A) There is molecular and biochemical evidence that all organisms are related. 
B) Many people believe echinacea cures their colds. 
C) A boy finds a chipped rock he believes is an arrowhead. 
D) Many people claim that the Earth is only 6,000 years old.

Question 10

Which of the following is true?

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A) A scientific theory is a hunch about a natural event. 
B) A scientific fact and a scientific theory carry the same weight in the scientific community. 
C) A scientific theory explains what we know to this date about a natural event. 
D) A scientific theory is the final answer to a question about a natural event.

Question 11

Evaluate the statement "Nothing in biology makes sense unless it is studied in the light of evolution."

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The answer of Evaluate the statement "Nothing in biology makes...

Question 12

The scientist who demonstrated that the Earth moves around the sun was ________.

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The answer of The scientist who demonstrated that the Earth...

Question 13

Goats can be cloned to provide us with human medicines.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A good hypothesis must:

Accepted Answer

A) be falsifiable. 
B) be false. 
C) be theoretical. 
D) lead to a question. 
E) be true.

Exam 1: Science As a Way of Learning: a Guide to the Natural World