Biology chapter 1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?

• growth and development
• ability to move
• response to the environment
• ability to reproduce

Science is best described as a

• body of information
• way of knowing
• collection of beliefs
• list of rules

How does studying science help you be a better member of society?

• learning the biases of science will help you know what is right and wrong
• understanding how science works will help you make better decisions
• memorizing science facts will help you become more intelligent
• knowing science will help you live without the aid of technology

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Based on your observations, you suggest that the presence of water could accelerate the growth of bread mold. This is

• a conclusion
• a hypothesis
• an experiment
• an analysis

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A personal preference or point of view

• a bias
• a theory
• a hypothesis
• an inference

During a controlled experiment, a scientist isolates and tests

• a conclusion
• a mass of information
• a control group
• a single variable

A well-tested explanation that explains a lot of observations is

• a hypothesis
• an inference
• a theory
• a controlled experiment

A student sees a bee on a flower. The student wonders how the bee finds flowers. This student is displaying the scientific attitude of

• creativity
• curiosity
• open-mindedness
• skepticism

What does a reviewer do during peer-review?

• focus on mistakes in spelling
• change data to support results
• check for mistakes and bias
• repeat the experiments in the article

After a scientist publishes a paper, someone else finds evidence that the paper's hypothesis may not be correct. The scientist is unhappy, but studies the new evidence anyway. The scientist is showing which scientific attitude?

• creativity
• curiosity
• open-mindedness
• skepticism

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