Test Bank for Biology: Science for Life with Physiology, 6th edition by Colleen Belk

TEST BANK FOR BIOLOGY: SCIENCE FOR LIFE WITH
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PHYSIOLOGY, 6TH EDITION BY
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COLLEEN BELK, VIRGINIA BORDEN
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MAIER f#




BIOLOGY: f#SCIENCE f#FOR f#LIFE, f#WITH f#PHYSIOLOGY, f#6E f#(BELK/BORDEN f#MAIER)
CHAPTER f#1 f# f # CAN f#SCIENCE f#CURE f#THE f#COMMON f#COLD?
f#INTRODUCTION f#TO f#THE f#SCIENTIFIC f#METHOD




1) Why f#is f#the f#scientific f#method f#used?
A) to f#test f#ideas f#about f#how f#the f#natural f#world f#works
B) to f#memorize f#scientific f#facts f#about f#experiments
C) to f#determine f#legal f#responsibilities f#for f#scientists
D) to f#establish f#economic f#policies f#for f#the
f#world f # Answer: f # A

Section: f # 1.1
Skill: f # Remembering/Understanding
f # Learning f#Outcome: f # 1.1




2) Which f#feature f#is f#necessary f#for f#a f#scientific f#hypothesis?
A) It f#can f#be f#proven f#true.
B) It f#is f#falsifiable.
C) It f#is f#a f#theory f#about f#supernatural f#events.
D) It f#is f#not f#based f#on
f#observations. f # Answer: f # B

Section: f # 1.1
Skill: f # Remembering/Understanding
f # Learning f#Outcome: f # 1.1




3) Which f#statement f#would f#be f#appropriate f#scientific f#hypothesis?
A) Rude f#people f#catch f#more f#colds f#than f#polite f#people.
B) Cold f#viruses f#should f#be f#allowed f#to f#reproduce f#just f#like f#anything f#else.
C) Going f#to f#school f#when f#you f#have f#a f#cold f#is f#unethical.
D) People f#protected f#from f#chilly f#temperatures f#catch
f#fewer f#colds. f # Answer: f # D

Section: f # 1.1
Skill: f # Remembering/Understanding
f # Learning f#Outcome: f # 1.1




4) What f#is f#a f#scientific f#theory?
A) an f#explanation f#supported f#by f#large f#amounts f#of f#experimental f#evidence
B) an f#explanation f#that f#cannot f#be f#modified f#with f#new f#experimental f#evidence
C) a f#logical f#opinion f#proposed f#by f#one f#person
D) any f#testable f#explanation f#for f#a f#question f#or
f#problem f # Answer: f # A

Section: f # 1.1
Skill: f # Remembering/Understanding
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,f# Learning f#Outcome: f # 1.2




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,5) What f#expectation, f#based f#on f#a f#hypothesis, f#uses f#deductive f#reasoning?
A) correlations
B) data
C) predictions
D) statistical
f#tests f # Answer:

f # C f # Section:

f # 1.1

Skill: f # Remembering/Understanding
f # Learning f#Outcome: f # 1.3




6) Which f#hypothesis f#did f#Warren f#and f#Marshall f#test f#related f#to f#Helicobacter
f#pylori f#bacteria f#and f # stomach f#ulcers?

A) Eating f#spicy f#food f#increases f#H. f#pylori f#in f#the f#stomachs f#of f#people f#susceptible f#to
f#ulcers.

B) The f#cause f#of f#many f#stomach f#ulcers f#is f#the f#bacterium f#H. f#pylori, f#not f#spicy f#food.
C) H. f#pylori f#bacteria f#decrease f#acid f#production f#in f#the f#stomachs f#of f#people f#with
f#ulcers.

D) Acute f#stomach f#pain f#is f#often f#caused f#by f#H. f#pylori f#bacteria,
f#not f#ulcers. f # Answer: f # B

Section: f # 1.1
Skill: f # Applying/Analyzing
f # Learning f#Outcome: f # 1.1




7) Which f#biologists f#contributed f#to f#the f#germ f#theory f#of f#disease?
A) Warren f#and f#Marshall
B) Pasteur f#and f#Koch
C) Watson f#and f#Crick
D) Darwin f#and
f#Mendel f # Answer:

f # B

Section: f # 1.1
Skill: f # Remembering/Understanding
f # Learning f#Outcome: f # 1.2




8) What f#step f#should f#occur f#after f#numerous f#observations f#are f#used f#to f#form f#a
f#sensible, f#inductively f # reasoned f#hypothesis?

A) The f#hypothesis f#is f#recognized f#as f#proven.
B) The f#hypothesis f#is f#discarded f#as f#incorrect.
C) The f#hypothesis f#must f#be f#tested.
D) The f#hypothesis f#becomes f#a
f#scientific f#law. f # Answer: f # C

Section: f # 1.1
Skill: f # Applying/Analyzing
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, f# Learning f#Outcome: f # 1.4




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