Biology Chapter 1 (Ai made) Review Questions

Someone who believed in the Doctrine of Humors would most likely treat a person with a cold by

• giving him antibiotics.

• bleeding him.

• keeping him warm and dry.

• giving him liverwort.

The belief that nonliving things can be changed directly into living things is

• spontaneity.

• adaptation.

• biogenesis.

• spontaneous generation.

______ is a body of facts that man has gathered by observing the physical universe.

• Science

• Art

• Mythology

• Philosophy

To achieve the most accurate results, a scientific experiment should not have

• more than 100 participants.

• close observation.

• conclusive evidence.

• more than one variable.

Highly valid results from an experiment or survey must be applicable to similar situations, or we say that the data lacks

• bias.

• workability.

• sincerity.

• productivity.

Pure scientists use the _______ method, and applied scientists use the _______ method.

• research; research

• research; technical

• technical; technical

• technical; research

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Using the results of a clinical experiment to change the therapy of a sick person is an example of

• pure science.

• applied science.

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Who is known as the Father of Microscopy?

• Zacharias Janssen

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Hippocrates

• Louis Pasteur

Reasoning that begins with premises assumed to be true and develops specific conclusions is called

• decisive reasoning.

• deductive reasoning.

• inclusive reasoning.

• inductive reasoning.

An "educated guess" about the solution to a problem is a

• variable.

• hypothesis.

• control.

• piece of data.