Test Bank for Biology: Science for Life with Physiology, 6th
r r r r r r r r r r
edition by Colleen Belk
r r r
,Biology: r Science r for r Life r with r Physiology, r 6e r (Belk)
Chapter r 1 Can r Science r Cure r the r Common r Cold? r Introduction r to r the r Scientific r Method
1) Why r is r the r scientific r method r used?
A) to r answer r specific r questions r about r the r natural r world
B) to r determine r absolute r truth
C) to r distinguish r good r from r evil
D) to restablish rmoral
rcodes r Answer: r A
rSection: 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge
r(Remember) rLearning
r Outcome: r 1.1
2) Which r feature r is r necessary r for r a r scientific r hypothesis?
A) It r is r able r to r be r proven r true.
B) It r is r falsifiable.
C) It r is r a r theory r about r something.
D) It ris rnot rbased ron
robservations. r Answer:
r B rSection: 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge/Comprehension r(Remember/Understand)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.1
3) Which r of r the r following r is r an r appropriate r scientific r hypothesis?
A) Bad r people r catch r more r colds r than r good r people.
B) Cold r viruses r should r be r allowed r to r reproduce r just r like r anything r else.
C) It r is r unethical r to r go r to r school r when r you r have r a r cold.
D) People rcatch rcolds rbecause rof rexposure rto rcold
rtemperature. r Answer: r D
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Comprehension/Application r(Understand/Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.1
4) What r is r a r scientific r theory?
A) an r explanation r supported r by r large r amounts r of r experimental r evidence
B) an r explanation r that r cannot r be r modified r with r new r experimental r evidence
C) little r more r than r one r person's r educated r guess
D) any rtestable r explanation rfor ra rquestion ror
rproblem r Answer: r A
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge
r(Remember) rLearning
r Outcome: r 1.2
,5) Deductive r reasoning r is r used r to r make r based r on r a r hypothesis.
A) correlations
B) data
C) predictions
D) statistical
rtests
r Answer:
C r Section: r r 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge/Comprehension r(Remember/Understand)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.3
6) Which r hypothesis r was r tested r by r Warren r and r Marshall r during r their r research r involving
Helicobacter r pylori r bacteria r and r stomach r ulcers?
A) Eating r spicy r food r increases r populations r of r H. r pylori r in r the r stomachs r of
r people rsusceptible r to r ulcers.
B) The r cause r of r many r stomach r ulcers r is r the r bacterium r H. r pylori, r not r spicy r food.
C) Stomach r acid r production r is r decreased r by r H. r pylori r bacteria r in r the r stomachs r of
r people rwith r ulcers.
D) Acute rstomach r pain r is r often r caused r by r H. rpylori rbacteria,
r not rulcers. r Answer: r B
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Comprehension/Application r(Understand/Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.1
7) Which r microbiologists r contributed r to r the r germ r theory r of r disease?
A) Warren r and r Marshall
B) Pasteur r and r Koch
C) Watson r and r Crick
D) Jacob rand
r Monod r Answer:
r B rSection: 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge/Comprehension r(Remember/Understand)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.2
8) Which r statement r would r be r correct r if r an r inductively r reasoned r hypothesis r makes
r sense, rbased r on r all r available r and r historical r observations?
A) The r hypothesis r must r be r true.
B) The r hypothesis r cannot r possibly r be r true.
C) The r hypothesis r must r be r tested.
D) Experimentation ris rnot
rnecessary. r Answer: r C
rSection: 1.1
Skill: r Application r(Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.4
, 9) Why r are r hypotheses r never r accepted r as r proven r by r scientists?
A) A r hypothesis r cannot r ever r be r true r or r false r because r it r is r an r opinion.
B) Experimentation r cannot r support r a r hypothesis r because r it r only r tests r predictions.
C) Hypotheses r change r every r time r a r new r experiment r is r conducted.
D) Alternative r hypotheses rmight r provide ra rbetter r answer r to rthe
r research rquestion. r Answer: r D
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Analysis r(Analyze)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.4
10) What r is r the r result r when r a r well-tested r hypothesis r is r supported r by r many
r independent rstudies r in r the r scientific r community?
A) The r hypothesis r would r be r considered r a r scientific r theory.
B) The r hypothesis r is r now r be r referred r to r as r a r prediction.
C) Further r experiments r would r not r occur r unless r a r sufficient r alternative r is r proposed.
D) The r hypothesis ris ra rfact r that r cannot
r be rrefuted. r Answer: r A
Section: 1.2
Skill: r Comprehension/Application r(Understand/Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.5
11) Consider r this r hypothesis: r "Drinking r Echinacea r tea r reduces r the r duration r and
rseverity r of r colds." r Which r of r the r following r statements r is r the r best r prediction
r based r on rthis r hypothesis?
A) If r people r with r a r cold r drink r Echinacea r tea, r then r they r will r feel r better r sooner.
B) If r people r with r a r cold r drink r Echinacea r tea, r then r a r tea r ingredient r will r destroy r the r cold
r viruses.
C) If r people r with r a r cold r drink r Echinacea r tea, r then r the r tea r will r reduce r their r stress.
D) If r a r person r doesn't r drink r Echinacea r tea, r then r he r or r she r will r catch r a
r cold r very reasily. r Answer: r A
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Application/Analysis r(Apply/Analyze)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.3
12) Which r of r the r following r is r a r testable r hypothesis?
A) Taking r zinc r lozenges r at r the r first r sign r of r cold r symptoms r is r wise.
B) Avoiding r contact r with r other r people r reduces r the r chance r of r catching r a r cold.
C) Being r a r good r driver r makes r you r less r likely r to r catch r a r cold.
D) Sleeping r 8 r hours r a r night r makes r you r feel r better r when r you
r have r a rcold. r Answer: r B
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Comprehension/Application r(Understand/Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.1
r r r r r r r r r r
edition by Colleen Belk
r r r
,Biology: r Science r for r Life r with r Physiology, r 6e r (Belk)
Chapter r 1 Can r Science r Cure r the r Common r Cold? r Introduction r to r the r Scientific r Method
1) Why r is r the r scientific r method r used?
A) to r answer r specific r questions r about r the r natural r world
B) to r determine r absolute r truth
C) to r distinguish r good r from r evil
D) to restablish rmoral
rcodes r Answer: r A
rSection: 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge
r(Remember) rLearning
r Outcome: r 1.1
2) Which r feature r is r necessary r for r a r scientific r hypothesis?
A) It r is r able r to r be r proven r true.
B) It r is r falsifiable.
C) It r is r a r theory r about r something.
D) It ris rnot rbased ron
robservations. r Answer:
r B rSection: 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge/Comprehension r(Remember/Understand)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.1
3) Which r of r the r following r is r an r appropriate r scientific r hypothesis?
A) Bad r people r catch r more r colds r than r good r people.
B) Cold r viruses r should r be r allowed r to r reproduce r just r like r anything r else.
C) It r is r unethical r to r go r to r school r when r you r have r a r cold.
D) People rcatch rcolds rbecause rof rexposure rto rcold
rtemperature. r Answer: r D
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Comprehension/Application r(Understand/Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.1
4) What r is r a r scientific r theory?
A) an r explanation r supported r by r large r amounts r of r experimental r evidence
B) an r explanation r that r cannot r be r modified r with r new r experimental r evidence
C) little r more r than r one r person's r educated r guess
D) any rtestable r explanation rfor ra rquestion ror
rproblem r Answer: r A
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge
r(Remember) rLearning
r Outcome: r 1.2
,5) Deductive r reasoning r is r used r to r make r based r on r a r hypothesis.
A) correlations
B) data
C) predictions
D) statistical
rtests
r Answer:
C r Section: r r 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge/Comprehension r(Remember/Understand)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.3
6) Which r hypothesis r was r tested r by r Warren r and r Marshall r during r their r research r involving
Helicobacter r pylori r bacteria r and r stomach r ulcers?
A) Eating r spicy r food r increases r populations r of r H. r pylori r in r the r stomachs r of
r people rsusceptible r to r ulcers.
B) The r cause r of r many r stomach r ulcers r is r the r bacterium r H. r pylori, r not r spicy r food.
C) Stomach r acid r production r is r decreased r by r H. r pylori r bacteria r in r the r stomachs r of
r people rwith r ulcers.
D) Acute rstomach r pain r is r often r caused r by r H. rpylori rbacteria,
r not rulcers. r Answer: r B
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Comprehension/Application r(Understand/Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.1
7) Which r microbiologists r contributed r to r the r germ r theory r of r disease?
A) Warren r and r Marshall
B) Pasteur r and r Koch
C) Watson r and r Crick
D) Jacob rand
r Monod r Answer:
r B rSection: 1.1
Skill: r Knowledge/Comprehension r(Remember/Understand)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.2
8) Which r statement r would r be r correct r if r an r inductively r reasoned r hypothesis r makes
r sense, rbased r on r all r available r and r historical r observations?
A) The r hypothesis r must r be r true.
B) The r hypothesis r cannot r possibly r be r true.
C) The r hypothesis r must r be r tested.
D) Experimentation ris rnot
rnecessary. r Answer: r C
rSection: 1.1
Skill: r Application r(Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.4
, 9) Why r are r hypotheses r never r accepted r as r proven r by r scientists?
A) A r hypothesis r cannot r ever r be r true r or r false r because r it r is r an r opinion.
B) Experimentation r cannot r support r a r hypothesis r because r it r only r tests r predictions.
C) Hypotheses r change r every r time r a r new r experiment r is r conducted.
D) Alternative r hypotheses rmight r provide ra rbetter r answer r to rthe
r research rquestion. r Answer: r D
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Analysis r(Analyze)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.4
10) What r is r the r result r when r a r well-tested r hypothesis r is r supported r by r many
r independent rstudies r in r the r scientific r community?
A) The r hypothesis r would r be r considered r a r scientific r theory.
B) The r hypothesis r is r now r be r referred r to r as r a r prediction.
C) Further r experiments r would r not r occur r unless r a r sufficient r alternative r is r proposed.
D) The r hypothesis ris ra rfact r that r cannot
r be rrefuted. r Answer: r A
Section: 1.2
Skill: r Comprehension/Application r(Understand/Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.5
11) Consider r this r hypothesis: r "Drinking r Echinacea r tea r reduces r the r duration r and
rseverity r of r colds." r Which r of r the r following r statements r is r the r best r prediction
r based r on rthis r hypothesis?
A) If r people r with r a r cold r drink r Echinacea r tea, r then r they r will r feel r better r sooner.
B) If r people r with r a r cold r drink r Echinacea r tea, r then r a r tea r ingredient r will r destroy r the r cold
r viruses.
C) If r people r with r a r cold r drink r Echinacea r tea, r then r the r tea r will r reduce r their r stress.
D) If r a r person r doesn't r drink r Echinacea r tea, r then r he r or r she r will r catch r a
r cold r very reasily. r Answer: r A
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Application/Analysis r(Apply/Analyze)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.3
12) Which r of r the r following r is r a r testable r hypothesis?
A) Taking r zinc r lozenges r at r the r first r sign r of r cold r symptoms r is r wise.
B) Avoiding r contact r with r other r people r reduces r the r chance r of r catching r a r cold.
C) Being r a r good r driver r makes r you r less r likely r to r catch r a r cold.
D) Sleeping r 8 r hours r a r night r makes r you r feel r better r when r you
r have r a rcold. r Answer: r B
Section: 1.1
Skill: r Comprehension/Application r(Understand/Apply)
rLearning r Outcome: r 1.1
