BIOS135 Week 1 Quiz

BIOS135 Week 1 Quiz

Question 1
(TCO 1) My dog will eat more of her food when I pour bacon grease over the food before I give it to her.
This is an example of a(n)

observation.

hypothesis.

experiment.

theory.

All of the above

See Chapter 1. The example above is a hypothesis. It was based on an observation of increased food
consumption after tasty bacon grease is added.

Question 2
(TCO 1) Deductive reasoning is used to make _____ based on a hypothesis.

data

theories

statistical tests

correlations

predictions

See Chapter 1.

Question 3
(TCO 2) A 4 oz boneless, skinless chicken breast contains 25 g of protein. How many kcal are obtained
from the protein in the chicken?

225 kcal

4 kcal

100 kcal

25 kcal

10.0 kcal

See Chapter 2. 25 g (4 kcal/g) = 100 kcal.