BIO 156 EXAM 1 (RIO SALADO)
1. Inductive reasoning
Answer Making generalizations from specific observations.
2. Deductive reasoning
Answer Making predictions based on a general principle.
3. Hypothesis
Answer A tentative, testable explanation; must be potentially falsifiable.
4. Prediction
Answer Statement of expected experimental outcome if hypothesis is correct.
5. Potentially falsifiable
Answer Can be tested and possibly proven false.
6. Control group
Answer Group in an experiment that does not receive treatment; serves as baseline.
7. Experimental group
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, Answer Group that receives the treatment or variable being tested.
8. Theory
Answer Broad, well-supported explanation for a range of observations.
9. Law of Thermodynamics
Answer A scientific rule describing energy behavior in a system.
10. Features of living organisms
Answer Order, growth, energy processing, regulation, response, reproduction, evolution.
11. Levels of organization
Answer Molecules ’Organelles ’Cells ’Tissues ’Organs ’Organ Systems ’Organisms ’
Populations ’Communities ’Ecosystems ’Biosphere.
12. Bacteria
Answer Prokaryotic, unicellular, no nucleus.
13. Archaea
Answer Prokaryotic, often extremophiles.
14. Eukarya
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1. Inductive reasoning
Answer Making generalizations from specific observations.
2. Deductive reasoning
Answer Making predictions based on a general principle.
3. Hypothesis
Answer A tentative, testable explanation; must be potentially falsifiable.
4. Prediction
Answer Statement of expected experimental outcome if hypothesis is correct.
5. Potentially falsifiable
Answer Can be tested and possibly proven false.
6. Control group
Answer Group in an experiment that does not receive treatment; serves as baseline.
7. Experimental group
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, Answer Group that receives the treatment or variable being tested.
8. Theory
Answer Broad, well-supported explanation for a range of observations.
9. Law of Thermodynamics
Answer A scientific rule describing energy behavior in a system.
10. Features of living organisms
Answer Order, growth, energy processing, regulation, response, reproduction, evolution.
11. Levels of organization
Answer Molecules ’Organelles ’Cells ’Tissues ’Organs ’Organ Systems ’Organisms ’
Populations ’Communities ’Ecosystems ’Biosphere.
12. Bacteria
Answer Prokaryotic, unicellular, no nucleus.
13. Archaea
Answer Prokaryotic, often extremophiles.
14. Eukarya
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