POB LAB MIDTERM EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Primary peer-reviewed literature is written
by journalists for consumption by scientists for the advancement of science.
by journalists to make scientific advances available to the public at large.
by scientists for consumption by scientists for the advancement of science.
and published in Smithsonian magazine. - ANS by scientists for consumption by scientists for
the advancement of science.
You should keep a printed copy of the syllabus in your Principles of Biology lab manual binder.
True or False - ANS True
All lab organisms should be treated as potentially dangerous (even if they are cute).
True or False - ANS True
What would be problematic about making one side of the sowbug chamber hot and dark while
the other side is cool and illuminated?
Multiple Choice
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, You are comparing more than one difference simultaneously.
(All given choices are correct)
There would be confounding variables.
The bugs might actually prefer light environments but dislike cool environments. - ANS (All
given choices are correct)
Sowbugs and pillbugs are arthropods.
True or False - ANS False
Science is a process/methodology by which we try to answer questions about the natural
world.
True or False - ANS True
The figure caption of a graph/figure should consist of at least
Multiple Choice
information about the dependent variable.
the units and label for the x-axis.
nothing. A title can be used instead.
a brief explanation of the experiment and information about what is on each axis. - ANS a
brief explanation of the experiment and information about what is on each axis.
Experiments are used to test hypotheses.
True or False - ANS True
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Primary peer-reviewed literature is written
by journalists for consumption by scientists for the advancement of science.
by journalists to make scientific advances available to the public at large.
by scientists for consumption by scientists for the advancement of science.
and published in Smithsonian magazine. - ANS by scientists for consumption by scientists for
the advancement of science.
You should keep a printed copy of the syllabus in your Principles of Biology lab manual binder.
True or False - ANS True
All lab organisms should be treated as potentially dangerous (even if they are cute).
True or False - ANS True
What would be problematic about making one side of the sowbug chamber hot and dark while
the other side is cool and illuminated?
Multiple Choice
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, You are comparing more than one difference simultaneously.
(All given choices are correct)
There would be confounding variables.
The bugs might actually prefer light environments but dislike cool environments. - ANS (All
given choices are correct)
Sowbugs and pillbugs are arthropods.
True or False - ANS False
Science is a process/methodology by which we try to answer questions about the natural
world.
True or False - ANS True
The figure caption of a graph/figure should consist of at least
Multiple Choice
information about the dependent variable.
the units and label for the x-axis.
nothing. A title can be used instead.
a brief explanation of the experiment and information about what is on each axis. - ANS a
brief explanation of the experiment and information about what is on each axis.
Experiments are used to test hypotheses.
True or False - ANS True
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