Bio 100 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Observation, Problems and Questions, Hypothesis, Observations and Experimentation, Data
collection and analysis, Conclusions, Theories - CORRECT ANSWER - parts of the
scientific method
Observation - CORRECT ANSWER - "My Roommate said Biology 200 students smile
during lab"
Problems and Questions - CORRECT ANSWER - "What is the most exciting class at
Minnesota State Mankato?"
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER - "Bio 100 is the most exciting class at Minnesota
State Mankato"
Observations and Experiments - CORRECT ANSWER - "All exiting Minnesota State
Mankato seniors were given a survey asking them what class at Mankato the most exciting"
Data Collection and Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - "For the last 20 years surveys
were collected from exiting seniors and it was found that 99.9% of the seniors that that BIO was
the most exciting class taken at Mankato"
Conclusions - CORRECT ANSWER - "You will also find BIO very exciting"
Theories - CORRECT ANSWER - an explanation for a natural phenomenon; it is as close
to the truth as scientists can get and is accepted by a majority of scientists.
Questioning - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurs when you identify and state a problem or
ask a question. Needs to be understandable, doable, and testable, falisifiable.
, Good Characteristics of Hypotheses - CORRECT ANSWER - An educated guess or a
possible explanation for an observed set of facts that lends itself to being tested. Must be testable
through experiments, must be very specific, and can be written in several formats.
Scientific Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - A well-substantiated explanation of some
aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed
through observation and experiment.
Observation - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of gathering information throughout
the senses.
Subject Expectation - CORRECT ANSWER - Form of reactivity that occurs in scientific
experiments when a research subject expects a given result and therefore unconsciously affects
the outcome
Observer Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurs when the observers know the goals of the
study or the hypotheses and allow this knowledge to influence their observations during the
study.
Double Blind Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER - Neither the participants nor the
researchers know which participants belong to the control group, nor the test group.
Random Assignment - CORRECT ANSWER - Placement is an experimental technique for
assigning subjects to different treatments
Controlled Variable - CORRECT ANSWER - The quantities that a scientist wants to
remain constant.
Independent Variables - CORRECT ANSWER - The values you are manipulating and
have control over
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Observation, Problems and Questions, Hypothesis, Observations and Experimentation, Data
collection and analysis, Conclusions, Theories - CORRECT ANSWER - parts of the
scientific method
Observation - CORRECT ANSWER - "My Roommate said Biology 200 students smile
during lab"
Problems and Questions - CORRECT ANSWER - "What is the most exciting class at
Minnesota State Mankato?"
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER - "Bio 100 is the most exciting class at Minnesota
State Mankato"
Observations and Experiments - CORRECT ANSWER - "All exiting Minnesota State
Mankato seniors were given a survey asking them what class at Mankato the most exciting"
Data Collection and Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - "For the last 20 years surveys
were collected from exiting seniors and it was found that 99.9% of the seniors that that BIO was
the most exciting class taken at Mankato"
Conclusions - CORRECT ANSWER - "You will also find BIO very exciting"
Theories - CORRECT ANSWER - an explanation for a natural phenomenon; it is as close
to the truth as scientists can get and is accepted by a majority of scientists.
Questioning - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurs when you identify and state a problem or
ask a question. Needs to be understandable, doable, and testable, falisifiable.
, Good Characteristics of Hypotheses - CORRECT ANSWER - An educated guess or a
possible explanation for an observed set of facts that lends itself to being tested. Must be testable
through experiments, must be very specific, and can be written in several formats.
Scientific Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - A well-substantiated explanation of some
aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed
through observation and experiment.
Observation - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of gathering information throughout
the senses.
Subject Expectation - CORRECT ANSWER - Form of reactivity that occurs in scientific
experiments when a research subject expects a given result and therefore unconsciously affects
the outcome
Observer Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurs when the observers know the goals of the
study or the hypotheses and allow this knowledge to influence their observations during the
study.
Double Blind Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER - Neither the participants nor the
researchers know which participants belong to the control group, nor the test group.
Random Assignment - CORRECT ANSWER - Placement is an experimental technique for
assigning subjects to different treatments
Controlled Variable - CORRECT ANSWER - The quantities that a scientist wants to
remain constant.
Independent Variables - CORRECT ANSWER - The values you are manipulating and
have control over
