Biology Fall Final Review 2024

Which might you study in a biology course?

• communication across telephone wires

• communication over fiber optics

• communication by sattelite

• communication among birds

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What is a possible benefit of studying plants in the rainforest?

• The plants may hold medicines to treat human diseases.

• The plants may produce needed carbon dioxide.

• The plants may be cut down and sold in floral shops.

• The plants may make toxins for human consumption

Which best describes the purpose of science?

• to explain the nature of things

• to propose solutions to political issues

• to solve the ethical problems of society

• the debate the meaning of life

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Which of the following is an observation?

• You record the air temperature every day for a week.

• You Propose that a cold front is approaching.

• You hypothesize that the temperature will increase tomorrow.

• You conclude that the season is changing.

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What is an inference?

• You measure a plant's height every day for a week.

• You give a plant the same amount of water every day.

• Every day for a week, you collect data on a plant's movement.

• After watching a plant for a week, you determine it needs more sunlight.

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Tasha is testing the effect of blue-colored light on the growth of tomato plants. Which is the independent variable in this experiment?

• light color

• amount of light

• light intensity

• temperature of light

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A researcher is interested in the effects ofnitrate and phosphate on plant growth and sets up an experiment in which groups of five plants are given 1, 2, and 3 grams of phosphate in all combinations over a period of one month. The researcher measures plant height & weight at the end of the experiment. What is missing in this experimental design?

• a control

• a dependent variable

• an independent variable

• a constant

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Which of the following correctly sequences the steps of the scientific method?

• question, observe, explain, design & conduct experiment, collect & analyze data, report findings

• observe, question, make a testable explanation, experiment, collect & analyze data, state findings

• form a hypothesis, observe, investigate a testable question, collect & analyze data, state results

• design and conduct an investigation based on a testable question, form a hypothesis, collect data, state findings

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Some birds are known as honey guides because they may be followed by humans to wild beehives. When the humans take honey from the hives, the birds are able to feast on the honey and bees, too. This type of relationship can best be described as ____.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• symbiosis

Cougars are predators that often eat weakened or diseased animals. This is a description of the ______ of cougars.

• habitat

• niche

• community

• none of these