Biology Exam
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- Members of which kingdom are multicellular produces?
- Plantae
- Which is not the name of a kingdom?
- Bacteria.
- The ability to acquire, store, transfer, or utilize energy is called..
- metabolism.
- To eliminate the the influence of uncontrolled variables during experimentation, one should..
- establish a control group identical to the experimental group except for the variable being tested.
- The control group in an experiment..
- allows a standard of comparison for the experimental group.
- Which is not an aspect of the scientific method?
- Philosophy.
- Which domains are made up of organisms without nuclei?
- Archaea, and eubacteria.
- Which word is not associated with the scientific method?
- Fact.
- When a hypothesis has been repeatedly and rigorously tested and supported it\'s called a..
- scientific theory.
- About 12 to 24 hours after the last meal, a person's blood sugar level normally varies from 60 to 90 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood, although it may rise to 130 mg/100 ml after meals high in carbohydrates. That the blood sugar level is maintaine
- adaptation
- What is not a necessary characteristic to the life of an individual?
- Diversity.
- The ability to maintain a constant internal environment is..
- homeostasis
- The choice of whether a particular organism belongs to the experimental group or the control group should be based on..
- chance.
- An experimenter doesn\'t..
- manipulate dependent variables.
- In an experiment, the experimental group..
- is treated exactly the same as the control group except for one independent variable.
- In order to reduce bias, scientists usually prefer experiments that lead to which kind of data..
- quantitative.
- What was not a deduction made my Charles Darwin?
- Mutations produce changes in inheritance.
- The instructions in DNA are used to make..
- proteins.
- What is not a characteristic of life?
- ionization.
- In order to arrive at a solution to a problem, a scientist usually proposes and tests..
- hypotheses.
- The principal point of the Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection was that..
- survival of characteristics in a population depends on competition between organisms, especially between members of the same species.
- Which is the smallest unit of life which can survive and reproduce on it\'s own?
- A cell.
- Each cell is able to maintain a constant internal environment. This is called..
- homeostasis.
- The chemical processes in the living cell are collectively called..
- metabolism.
- Which premise used by Darwin in his theory is incorrectly stated?
- Organisms that possess advantageous traits have a decreased chance of producing offspring.
- The instructions for growth and development are in..
- DNA.
- Members of which kingdom are usually single-celled and of considerable internal complexity?
- Protista.
- Organisms designated producers usually obtain their energy from..
- the sun.
- The plural for genus is..
- genera.
- Sometimes called an \"educated guess\"..
- hypothesis.
- Homeostasis provides which kind of environment..
- constant.
- Science is based on.
- evidence.
- Which statement could be considered a scientific theory?
- Radioactive isotopes can be used as tracers because radioactive isotopes behave the same as other isotopes.
- Who first stated that the Earth circled the sun?
- Nikolaus Copernicus
- A mutation is a change in..
- hereditary instructions.
- The genus portion of a scientific name when written by hand is..
- always underlined; always capitalized.
- How many variable events is it best to test in one experiment?
- One!
- The validity of scientific discoveries should be based on
- not morality, aesthetics, philosophy , or economics [none of these]
- Which of the following is defined as \"all of the various species living in the same area?\"
- community.
- Hypotheses are..
- often in the form of a statement, often expressed negatively, sometimes crude attempts, and testable predictions. [all of these]
- A scientific name consists of which of the following?
- Genus name and species designation.
- The number of cells in a human body are measured in..
- trillions.
- the ability to maintain a constant internal enviroment is
- homeostasis
- Organsisms designated producers usually obtain energy from the
- The Sun
- That the blood sugar level is maintained within a fairly narrow range despite uneven intake of sugar is due to the body's ability to carry out
- adaptation