Week 1 Lecture Term Examples

Before Jeffrey conducted his experiment on bird migration, he gathered observations about the flying movement and direction of the birds as well as species. What type of data can these be classified as?

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

Which of the following would NOT be considered as qualitative data?

• Taste of a granola bar

• Temperature of a metal

• Color of a feather

• Texture of a blanket

Tony is observing a cell which includes a nucleus, mitochondria, and golgi apparatus. What type of cell can we most likely conclude this is?

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• I don't know

Prokaryotic cells would not contain which of the following?

• Ribosomes

• Cell wall

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

The Human Genome Project is known for sequencing and mapping the entire human genome. If a scientist is analyzing large sets of human genes, what type of study is this?

• Biology

• Genomics

• Proteomics

• Genology

John observes and analyzes the interactions that occur between a hummingbird and a flower. What type of study approach could this be?

• Reductionism

• Systems biology

All birds can fly. Chickens are birds. Therefore, chickens can fly. What type of reasoning would this be?

• Inductive reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

Meredith conducts an experiment on plant growth and amounts of water. She had a total of three plants. Each plant would receive either 10 mL, 30 mL, and 70 mL of water. Over time, she measured the height of the plant. What is the independent and dependent variable?

• Independent: Plant height

  Dependent: Plant growth

• Independent: Plant height

  Dependent: Amount of water

• Independent: Plant growth

  Dependent: Amount of water

• Independent: Amount of water

  Dependent: Plant height

All mammals have lungs. Dolphins are mammals. Thus, dolphins must have lungs. What type of reasoning is this?

• Inductive reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

It was sunny on the 1st of July last year. It was sunny on the 1st of July the year before that. It will most likely always be sunny on the 1st of July. What type of reasoning would this be?

• Inductive reasoning

• Deductive reasoning