BSC 108 INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY STUDY
GUIDE 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS GRADED
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⩥ Science. Answer: An approach to understanding the natural world
⩥ Inquiry. Answer: A search for information, explanations, and evidence
⩥ Data. Answer: Recorded observations used as evidence
⩥ Hypothesis. Answer: A testable proposed explanation for observations
⩥ Theory. Answer: A broad, well-supported explanation backed by
extensive evidence
⩥ Controlled experiment. Answer: An experiment where only one
variable is changed
⩥ Independent variable. Answer: The factor manipulated by researchers
⩥ Dependent variable. Answer: The measured response to the
independent variable
, ⩥ Control group. Answer: Group that does not receive the experimental
treatment
⩥ Experimental group. Answer: Group that receives the treatment
⩥ Placebo. Answer: An inactive substance used as a control
⩥ Double-blind experiment. Answer: Neither participants nor
researchers know group assignments
⩥ Pseudoscience. Answer: Claims presented as scientific but lacking
proper methods
⩥ Peer review. Answer: Evaluation of scientific work by independent
experts
⩥ Characteristics of life. Answer: Order, cells, growth, energy use,
regulation, evolution, reproduction, response
⩥ Emergent properties. Answer: New properties that arise at higher
levels of organization
GUIDE 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS GRADED
A+
⩥ Science. Answer: An approach to understanding the natural world
⩥ Inquiry. Answer: A search for information, explanations, and evidence
⩥ Data. Answer: Recorded observations used as evidence
⩥ Hypothesis. Answer: A testable proposed explanation for observations
⩥ Theory. Answer: A broad, well-supported explanation backed by
extensive evidence
⩥ Controlled experiment. Answer: An experiment where only one
variable is changed
⩥ Independent variable. Answer: The factor manipulated by researchers
⩥ Dependent variable. Answer: The measured response to the
independent variable
, ⩥ Control group. Answer: Group that does not receive the experimental
treatment
⩥ Experimental group. Answer: Group that receives the treatment
⩥ Placebo. Answer: An inactive substance used as a control
⩥ Double-blind experiment. Answer: Neither participants nor
researchers know group assignments
⩥ Pseudoscience. Answer: Claims presented as scientific but lacking
proper methods
⩥ Peer review. Answer: Evaluation of scientific work by independent
experts
⩥ Characteristics of life. Answer: Order, cells, growth, energy use,
regulation, evolution, reproduction, response
⩥ Emergent properties. Answer: New properties that arise at higher
levels of organization