KSU BIOLOGY 198 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
, Microscope - ANSWERA device used to see tiny organisms, used for research and
counting.
Spectrophotometer - ANSWERA device that passes light through a substance in order
to assess the absorption and transmittance.
Absorbance - ANSWERMeasurement of the amount of light captured by the dissolved
or suspended material.
Transmittance - ANSWERThe fraction of incident light at a specified wavelength that
passes through a sample.
investigated - ANSWERThe questions that are asked in science should be able to be
_______.
Hypothesis - ANSWERA prediction for why something is the way that it is, or why
something occurs. Should be testable and falsifiable (able to be disproved).
Theory - ANSWERA _____ is a well confirmed answer/prediction/explanation of nature
that is supported by large body of evidence.
Observation - ANSWERThe act of watching something in order to gain information. It is
completed before making a hypothesis.
Experiment - ANSWERAn orderly procedure carried out with the goal of verifying,
refuting or establishing validity of a hypothesis.
Control - ANSWERA group that is separated from the rest of the experiment where the
variable being tested cannot effect it.
Variable - ANSWERAny factor that can be controlled, changed or measured in an
experiment.
Life - ANSWER_____ distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead
organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction and the
power of adaptation.
Life - ANSWERThe following are characteristics for what?
-organized
-require energy
-grow and develop
-respond to environment
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+ FOR
SUCCESS
, Microscope - ANSWERA device used to see tiny organisms, used for research and
counting.
Spectrophotometer - ANSWERA device that passes light through a substance in order
to assess the absorption and transmittance.
Absorbance - ANSWERMeasurement of the amount of light captured by the dissolved
or suspended material.
Transmittance - ANSWERThe fraction of incident light at a specified wavelength that
passes through a sample.
investigated - ANSWERThe questions that are asked in science should be able to be
_______.
Hypothesis - ANSWERA prediction for why something is the way that it is, or why
something occurs. Should be testable and falsifiable (able to be disproved).
Theory - ANSWERA _____ is a well confirmed answer/prediction/explanation of nature
that is supported by large body of evidence.
Observation - ANSWERThe act of watching something in order to gain information. It is
completed before making a hypothesis.
Experiment - ANSWERAn orderly procedure carried out with the goal of verifying,
refuting or establishing validity of a hypothesis.
Control - ANSWERA group that is separated from the rest of the experiment where the
variable being tested cannot effect it.
Variable - ANSWERAny factor that can be controlled, changed or measured in an
experiment.
Life - ANSWER_____ distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead
organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction and the
power of adaptation.
Life - ANSWERThe following are characteristics for what?
-organized
-require energy
-grow and develop
-respond to environment
