BIO 101 MISSOURI STATE
UNIVERSITY, EXAM 1 QUESTIONS &
CORRECT ANSWERS
Steps of the Scientific Method - correct answer ✔✔observation, question, research, hypothesis,
experiment, results, conclusion
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Tested with 1 experiment, subject to immediate testing, narrow
in scope
Theory - correct answer ✔✔Many different trends, broad in scope, already supported by large
body of evidence
Control group - correct answer ✔✔In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the
treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the
effect of the treatment.
control experiment - correct answer ✔✔an experiment designed to control for variables
affecting the results of another experiment
confounding variables - correct answer ✔✔variables not controlled between 2 groups in a study
blind experiment - correct answer ✔✔An experiment in which the subjects do not know
whether they are members of the experimental group or the control group.
independent variable - correct answer ✔✔variable that is manipulated
, dependent variable - correct answer ✔✔a variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends
on that of another.
Pseudoscience - correct answer ✔✔A fake or false science that makes claims based on little or
no scientific evidence.
anecdotal evidence - correct answer ✔✔an informal observation that has not been
systematically tested
Characteristics of living things - correct answer ✔✔order, energy and matter processing,
reproduction, growth and development, response to the environment, evolutionary adaptations
biosphere - correct answer ✔✔consists of all life on Earth
ecosystem - correct answer ✔✔consists of the living and nonliving components
community - correct answer ✔✔consists of all the interacting populations in an ecosystem
population - correct answer ✔✔a group of interacting individuals of one species
organism - correct answer ✔✔an individual living being
organ system - correct answer ✔✔group of organs that work together
organ - correct answer ✔✔consists of multiple tissues that cooperate to perform a specific task
tissue - correct answer ✔✔an integrated group of similar cells that work together
UNIVERSITY, EXAM 1 QUESTIONS &
CORRECT ANSWERS
Steps of the Scientific Method - correct answer ✔✔observation, question, research, hypothesis,
experiment, results, conclusion
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Tested with 1 experiment, subject to immediate testing, narrow
in scope
Theory - correct answer ✔✔Many different trends, broad in scope, already supported by large
body of evidence
Control group - correct answer ✔✔In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the
treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the
effect of the treatment.
control experiment - correct answer ✔✔an experiment designed to control for variables
affecting the results of another experiment
confounding variables - correct answer ✔✔variables not controlled between 2 groups in a study
blind experiment - correct answer ✔✔An experiment in which the subjects do not know
whether they are members of the experimental group or the control group.
independent variable - correct answer ✔✔variable that is manipulated
, dependent variable - correct answer ✔✔a variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends
on that of another.
Pseudoscience - correct answer ✔✔A fake or false science that makes claims based on little or
no scientific evidence.
anecdotal evidence - correct answer ✔✔an informal observation that has not been
systematically tested
Characteristics of living things - correct answer ✔✔order, energy and matter processing,
reproduction, growth and development, response to the environment, evolutionary adaptations
biosphere - correct answer ✔✔consists of all life on Earth
ecosystem - correct answer ✔✔consists of the living and nonliving components
community - correct answer ✔✔consists of all the interacting populations in an ecosystem
population - correct answer ✔✔a group of interacting individuals of one species
organism - correct answer ✔✔an individual living being
organ system - correct answer ✔✔group of organs that work together
organ - correct answer ✔✔consists of multiple tissues that cooperate to perform a specific task
tissue - correct answer ✔✔an integrated group of similar cells that work together
