BIO 150 EXAM 1 UTK Question and
answers verified to pass (8 pgs)
the scientific process usually begins when someone... - correct answer
✔makes an observation
in a controlled experiment setup, what would you consider to be part of the
control group?
A. an unaltered set of conditions that are kept standardized
B. various manipulations of one condition that we are interested in testing for
an effect
C. the instruments used to control the outcome of the experiment
D. the particular species of an organism used in an experiment - correct
answer ✔A. an unaltered set of conditions that are kept standardized
if you were to graph the results of an experiment, you would plot the
dependent variable on the ___ axis
A. hortizontal axis
B. vertical axis - correct answer ✔B. vertical (Y) axis
if the species diversity of mosses found on campus looks like this, we can
conclude that the species evenness is ___
, A. low
B. high
C. significant
D. irrelevant - correct answer ✔B. high
because of their optimal growth in moist place, mosses are __ to conditions of
higher soil humidity
A. intended
B. destined
C. adapted
D. mutated
E. forced - correct answer ✔C. adapted
which of these measures of moss species diversity includes information about
their geographic range?
A. richness
B. evenness
C. diversity
D. distribution - correct answer ✔D. distribution
answers verified to pass (8 pgs)
the scientific process usually begins when someone... - correct answer
✔makes an observation
in a controlled experiment setup, what would you consider to be part of the
control group?
A. an unaltered set of conditions that are kept standardized
B. various manipulations of one condition that we are interested in testing for
an effect
C. the instruments used to control the outcome of the experiment
D. the particular species of an organism used in an experiment - correct
answer ✔A. an unaltered set of conditions that are kept standardized
if you were to graph the results of an experiment, you would plot the
dependent variable on the ___ axis
A. hortizontal axis
B. vertical axis - correct answer ✔B. vertical (Y) axis
if the species diversity of mosses found on campus looks like this, we can
conclude that the species evenness is ___
, A. low
B. high
C. significant
D. irrelevant - correct answer ✔B. high
because of their optimal growth in moist place, mosses are __ to conditions of
higher soil humidity
A. intended
B. destined
C. adapted
D. mutated
E. forced - correct answer ✔C. adapted
which of these measures of moss species diversity includes information about
their geographic range?
A. richness
B. evenness
C. diversity
D. distribution - correct answer ✔D. distribution
