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Biology: Science for Life with Physiology, 6th Edition (Belk)
Chapter 1: Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Introduction to the Scientific Method
1) Why is the scientific method used?
A) to answer specific questions about the natural world
B) to determine absolute truth
C) to distinguish good from evil
D) to establish moral codes
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge (Remember)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
2) Which feature is necessary for a scientific hypothesis?
A) It is able to be proven true.
B) It is falsifiable.
C) It is a theory about something.
D) It is not based on observations.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension (Remember/Understand)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
3) Which of the following is an appropriate scientific hypothesis?
A) Bad people catch more colds than good people.
B) Cold viruses should be allowed to reproduce just like anything else.
C) It is unethical to go to school when you have a cold.
D) People catch colds because of exposure to cold temperature.
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
4) What is a scientific theory?
A) an explanation supported by large amounts of experimental evidence
B) an explanation that cannot be modified with new experimental evidence
C) little more than one person's educated guess
D) any testable explanation for a question or problem
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge (Remember)
Learning Outcome: 1.2
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5) Deductive reasoning is used to make based on a hypothesis.
A) correlations
B) data
C) predictions
D) statistical tests
Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension (Remember/Understand)
Learning Outcome: 1.3
6) Which hypothesis was tested by Warren and Marshall during their research involving
Helicobacter pylori bacteria and stomach ulcers?
A) Eating spicy food increases populations of H. pylori in the stomachs of people susceptible to
ulcers.
B) The cause of many stomach ulcers is the bacterium H. pylori, not spicy food.
C) Stomach acid production is decreased by H. pylori bacteria in the stomachs of people with
ulcers.
D) Acute stomach pain is often caused by H. pylori bacteria, not ulcers.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
7) Which microbiologists contributed to the germ theory of disease?
A) Warren and Marshall
B) Pasteur and Koch
C) Watson and Crick
D) Jacob and Monod
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension (Remember/Understand)
Learning Outcome: 1.2
8) Which statement would be correct if an inductively reasoned hypothesis makes sense, based
on all available and historical observations?
A) The hypothesis must be true.
B) The hypothesis cannot possibly be true.
C) The hypothesis must be tested.
D) Experimentation is not necessary.
Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Skill: Application (Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.4
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9) Why are hypotheses never accepted as proven by scientists?
A) A hypothesis cannot ever be true or false because it is an opinion.
B) Experimentation cannot support a hypothesis because it only tests predictions.
C) Hypotheses change every time a new experiment is conducted.
D) Alternative hypotheses might provide a better answer to the research question.
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Skill: Analysis (Analyze)
Learning Outcome: 1.4
10) What is the result when a well-tested hypothesis is supported by many independent studies in
the scientific community?
A) The hypothesis would be considered a scientific theory.
B) The hypothesis is now be referred to as a prediction.
C) Further experiments would not occur unless a sufficient alternative is proposed.
D) The hypothesis is a fact that cannot be refuted.
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.5
11) Consider this hypothesis: "Drinking Echinacea tea reduces the duration and severity of
colds." Which of the following statements is the best prediction based on this hypothesis?
A) If people with a cold drink Echinacea tea, then they will feel better sooner.
B) If people with a cold drink Echinacea tea, then a tea ingredient will destroy the cold viruses.
C) If people with a cold drink Echinacea tea, then the tea will reduce their stress.
D) If a person doesn't drink Echinacea tea, then he or she will catch a cold very easily.
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis (Apply/Analyze)
Learning Outcome: 1.3
12) Which of the following is a testable hypothesis?
A) Taking zinc lozenges at the first sign of cold symptoms is wise.
B) Avoiding contact with other people reduces the chance of catching a cold.
C) Being a good driver makes you less likely to catch a cold.
D) Sleeping 8 hours a night makes you feel better when you have a cold.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
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13) Which of the following hypotheses is testable using scientific methods?
A) Bees can see ultraviolet light that humans can't.
B) The dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex was a scavenger, not a predator.
C) Peacocks like to display their large tail feathers.
D) People with type O blood are natural meat eaters.
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
14) Which of the following statements is a testable scientific hypothesis?
A) Antioxidants from food are better than antioxidants from a vitamin pill.
B) Eating fish reduces the chance of having a stroke.
C) Embryonic stem cell research will allow scientists to find a cure for diabetes.
D) Smoking makes people less attractive.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
15) Which statement makes a prediction for the hypothesis "bird species have decreased in
number in a particular wetland due to construction traffic"?
A) If a wetland area is disturbed by construction vehicles, then the number of bird species will
decrease.
B) If construction vehicles are in a wetland, then the birds will become too frightened to
reproduce.
C) If bird numbers decrease in a wetland, then construction vehicles must have polluted the
environment.
D) If construction vehicles enter a wetland, then new predators will arrive and reduce the bird
populations.
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis (Apply/Analyze)
Learning Outcome: 1.3
16) Certain researchers have published peer-reviewed reports that the use of zinc lozenges
reduces the length and severity of cold symptoms. Why are some scientists still skeptical about
the merits of using zinc lozenges during a cold?
A) Most people get zinc in their diet so extra zinc lozenges may not affect a cold.
B) Ideas about vitamin C have been discredited, so zinc will also be ineffective.
C) There is no way of knowing if the original work was properly controlled.
D) There may be other reasons why the people taking zinc lozenges recovered faster.
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Skill: Application (Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.4
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Biology: Science for Life with Physiology, 6th Edition (Belk)
Chapter 1: Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Introduction to the Scientific Method
1) Why is the scientific method used?
A) to answer specific questions about the natural world
B) to determine absolute truth
C) to distinguish good from evil
D) to establish moral codes
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge (Remember)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
2) Which feature is necessary for a scientific hypothesis?
A) It is able to be proven true.
B) It is falsifiable.
C) It is a theory about something.
D) It is not based on observations.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension (Remember/Understand)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
3) Which of the following is an appropriate scientific hypothesis?
A) Bad people catch more colds than good people.
B) Cold viruses should be allowed to reproduce just like anything else.
C) It is unethical to go to school when you have a cold.
D) People catch colds because of exposure to cold temperature.
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
4) What is a scientific theory?
A) an explanation supported by large amounts of experimental evidence
B) an explanation that cannot be modified with new experimental evidence
C) little more than one person's educated guess
D) any testable explanation for a question or problem
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge (Remember)
Learning Outcome: 1.2
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5) Deductive reasoning is used to make based on a hypothesis.
A) correlations
B) data
C) predictions
D) statistical tests
Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension (Remember/Understand)
Learning Outcome: 1.3
6) Which hypothesis was tested by Warren and Marshall during their research involving
Helicobacter pylori bacteria and stomach ulcers?
A) Eating spicy food increases populations of H. pylori in the stomachs of people susceptible to
ulcers.
B) The cause of many stomach ulcers is the bacterium H. pylori, not spicy food.
C) Stomach acid production is decreased by H. pylori bacteria in the stomachs of people with
ulcers.
D) Acute stomach pain is often caused by H. pylori bacteria, not ulcers.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
7) Which microbiologists contributed to the germ theory of disease?
A) Warren and Marshall
B) Pasteur and Koch
C) Watson and Crick
D) Jacob and Monod
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension (Remember/Understand)
Learning Outcome: 1.2
8) Which statement would be correct if an inductively reasoned hypothesis makes sense, based
on all available and historical observations?
A) The hypothesis must be true.
B) The hypothesis cannot possibly be true.
C) The hypothesis must be tested.
D) Experimentation is not necessary.
Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Skill: Application (Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.4
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9) Why are hypotheses never accepted as proven by scientists?
A) A hypothesis cannot ever be true or false because it is an opinion.
B) Experimentation cannot support a hypothesis because it only tests predictions.
C) Hypotheses change every time a new experiment is conducted.
D) Alternative hypotheses might provide a better answer to the research question.
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Skill: Analysis (Analyze)
Learning Outcome: 1.4
10) What is the result when a well-tested hypothesis is supported by many independent studies in
the scientific community?
A) The hypothesis would be considered a scientific theory.
B) The hypothesis is now be referred to as a prediction.
C) Further experiments would not occur unless a sufficient alternative is proposed.
D) The hypothesis is a fact that cannot be refuted.
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.5
11) Consider this hypothesis: "Drinking Echinacea tea reduces the duration and severity of
colds." Which of the following statements is the best prediction based on this hypothesis?
A) If people with a cold drink Echinacea tea, then they will feel better sooner.
B) If people with a cold drink Echinacea tea, then a tea ingredient will destroy the cold viruses.
C) If people with a cold drink Echinacea tea, then the tea will reduce their stress.
D) If a person doesn't drink Echinacea tea, then he or she will catch a cold very easily.
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis (Apply/Analyze)
Learning Outcome: 1.3
12) Which of the following is a testable hypothesis?
A) Taking zinc lozenges at the first sign of cold symptoms is wise.
B) Avoiding contact with other people reduces the chance of catching a cold.
C) Being a good driver makes you less likely to catch a cold.
D) Sleeping 8 hours a night makes you feel better when you have a cold.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
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13) Which of the following hypotheses is testable using scientific methods?
A) Bees can see ultraviolet light that humans can't.
B) The dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex was a scavenger, not a predator.
C) Peacocks like to display their large tail feathers.
D) People with type O blood are natural meat eaters.
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
14) Which of the following statements is a testable scientific hypothesis?
A) Antioxidants from food are better than antioxidants from a vitamin pill.
B) Eating fish reduces the chance of having a stroke.
C) Embryonic stem cell research will allow scientists to find a cure for diabetes.
D) Smoking makes people less attractive.
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Comprehension/Application (Understand/Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.1
15) Which statement makes a prediction for the hypothesis "bird species have decreased in
number in a particular wetland due to construction traffic"?
A) If a wetland area is disturbed by construction vehicles, then the number of bird species will
decrease.
B) If construction vehicles are in a wetland, then the birds will become too frightened to
reproduce.
C) If bird numbers decrease in a wetland, then construction vehicles must have polluted the
environment.
D) If construction vehicles enter a wetland, then new predators will arrive and reduce the bird
populations.
Answer: A
Section: 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis (Apply/Analyze)
Learning Outcome: 1.3
16) Certain researchers have published peer-reviewed reports that the use of zinc lozenges
reduces the length and severity of cold symptoms. Why are some scientists still skeptical about
the merits of using zinc lozenges during a cold?
A) Most people get zinc in their diet so extra zinc lozenges may not affect a cold.
B) Ideas about vitamin C have been discredited, so zinc will also be ineffective.
C) There is no way of knowing if the original work was properly controlled.
D) There may be other reasons why the people taking zinc lozenges recovered faster.
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Skill: Application (Apply)
Learning Outcome: 1.4
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