BSC 101 Final Study Guide questions with accurate
answers
Counteract denial of climate change with data Ans✓✓✓ -Sea level rise
has grown to 3.4mm/year
-There has been damage due to sea-level rise, floods, droughts, storms,
and wildfires
-There is an increased need for irrigation
Describe the human microbiome and its importance Ans✓✓✓ It is the
bacteria and fungi in our body that is safe for us. It is important because
it exposes us to more foreign substances without hurting us.
Describe the ways in which the scientific method is inadequate at
describing what science is Ans✓✓✓ -It implies that one experiment can
answer a research question
-It is oversimplified
-Science is NOT linear
-It implies science is an independent effort
-Science includes creativity, intuition, serendipity, and imagination
-The method ignored technology and society
Distinguish between a malignant tumor and a benign tumor Ans✓✓✓
Benign tumors:
-do not spread to other parts of the body
, Malignant tumors:
-cancerous and are made up of cells that grow out of control
Distinguish between bottom-up and top-down control of a population's
size Ans✓✓✓ Bottom-up= the food chain without the bottom causes
the top to suffer
Top-down= the top layer goes away so the bottom layers have an
advantage
Distinguish between prokaryotes and eukaryotes Ans✓✓✓ Prokaryotes:
-no nuclei
-no membrane bound organelles
-ex.) archea
Eukaryotes:
-have nucleus
-membrane bound organelles
Distinguish between scientific explanations of evolution and
explanations that reflect common misconceptions about evolution
Ans✓✓✓ Scientific Explanations of Evolution:
-fossil evidence
-morphological homology
-molecular homology
-distribution of organisms/fossils
answers
Counteract denial of climate change with data Ans✓✓✓ -Sea level rise
has grown to 3.4mm/year
-There has been damage due to sea-level rise, floods, droughts, storms,
and wildfires
-There is an increased need for irrigation
Describe the human microbiome and its importance Ans✓✓✓ It is the
bacteria and fungi in our body that is safe for us. It is important because
it exposes us to more foreign substances without hurting us.
Describe the ways in which the scientific method is inadequate at
describing what science is Ans✓✓✓ -It implies that one experiment can
answer a research question
-It is oversimplified
-Science is NOT linear
-It implies science is an independent effort
-Science includes creativity, intuition, serendipity, and imagination
-The method ignored technology and society
Distinguish between a malignant tumor and a benign tumor Ans✓✓✓
Benign tumors:
-do not spread to other parts of the body
, Malignant tumors:
-cancerous and are made up of cells that grow out of control
Distinguish between bottom-up and top-down control of a population's
size Ans✓✓✓ Bottom-up= the food chain without the bottom causes
the top to suffer
Top-down= the top layer goes away so the bottom layers have an
advantage
Distinguish between prokaryotes and eukaryotes Ans✓✓✓ Prokaryotes:
-no nuclei
-no membrane bound organelles
-ex.) archea
Eukaryotes:
-have nucleus
-membrane bound organelles
Distinguish between scientific explanations of evolution and
explanations that reflect common misconceptions about evolution
Ans✓✓✓ Scientific Explanations of Evolution:
-fossil evidence
-morphological homology
-molecular homology
-distribution of organisms/fossils
