Animal Diversity 8th Edition Test Bank (PDF) | 2026 Exam Questions | Hickman (University of California, Davis)

,AnimalccDiversity,cc8ecc(Hickman)
Chaptercc1c c c c ScienceccofccZoologyccandccEvolutionccofccAnimalccDiversity

1) Acccharacteristicccofccscienceccisccthat
A) itccisccnotccexplainedccbyccnaturalcclaws.
B) itscchypothesesccarecctestable.
C) itsccconclusionsccareccfinal.
D) itccisccnotccfalsifiable.
E) itccseekscctoccdefinecctheccvitalisticccforcesccofcclife.

Answer:c c BccSecti
on:c c 01.01
Topic:c c PrinciplesccofccScience
LearningccObjective:c c 01.01ccExplainccthatccscienceccconsistsccincctesting,ccpossiblyccrejecting,ccandcci
mprovingccourccsimplestccandccbestccexplanationsccusingccdata,ccnotccinccprovingccthecccorrectnessccofccaccc
onjecture.
Bloom's:c c 2.ccUnderstandcc
Gradable:c c automatic

2) DuringccthecccreationcccourtcccaseccinccArkansas,ccJudgeccOvertonccdefinedcctheccessentialccproperties
ccofccscience.ccWhichccstatementccisccNOTcctrueccaboutccscience?

A) Scienceccisccconcernedccaboutccunderstandingcctheccnaturalccworld.
B) Scienceccapproachesccdataccinccaccpersonalccorccsubjectiveccmanner.
C) Conclusionsccofccscienceccareccsubjectcctoccchangeccbasedcconccnewccfindings.
D) Scienceccestablishescchypothesesccthatcchavecctheccpotentialcctoccbecctestedccandccdisproved.

Answer:c c BccSecti
on:c c 01.01
Topic:c c PrinciplesccofccScience
LearningccObjective:c c 01.01ccExplainccthatccscienceccconsistsccincctesting,ccpossiblyccrejecting,ccandcci
mprovingccourccsimplestccandccbestccexplanationsccusingccdata,ccnotccinccprovingccthecccorrectnessccofccaccc
onjecture.
Bloom's:c c 3.ccApplyccGra
dable:c c automatic




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,3) Muchccofccscienceccisccbasedcconccanccapproachccknownccasccthecc method.
A) natural
B) inductive-deductive
C) hypothetical
D) hypothetico-deductive

Answer:c c DccSecti
on:c c 01.01
Topic:c c PrinciplesccofccScience
LearningccObjective:c c 01.01ccExplainccthatccscienceccconsistsccincctesting,ccpossiblyccrejecting,ccandcci
mprovingccourccsimplestccandccbestccexplanationsccusingccdata,ccnotccinccprovingccthecccorrectnessccofccaccc
onjecture.
Bloom's:c c 1.ccRemembercc
Gradable:c c automatic

4) Whatccisccacchypothesis?
A) Acctentativeccstatement,ccbasedcconccinformationccorccdata,ccthatccexplainsccacclargeccnumber
ccofccobservationsccandccguidesccexperimentation.

B) Accreportccofcctheccfindingsccofccscientificccexperiments.
C) Accgeneralccstatementccmadecctoccinferccaccspecificccconclusion,ccoftenccinccancc"ifcc.cc.cc.ccthen"ccformat.
D) Usingccisolatedccfactscctoccreachccaccgeneralccideaccthatccmayccexplainccaccphenomenon.

Answer:c c AccSecti
on:c c 01.01
Topic:c c PrinciplesccofccScience
LearningccObjective:c c 01.01ccExplainccthatccscienceccconsistsccincctesting,ccpossiblyccrejecting,ccandcci
mprovingccourccsimplestccandccbestccexplanationsccusingccdata,ccnotccinccprovingccthecccorrectnessccofccaccc
onjecture.
Bloom's:c c 2.ccUnderstandcc
Gradable:c c automatic

5) WhichccstatementccaboutccacchypothesisccisccNOTcccorrect?
A) Experimentsccorccobservationsccareccconductedcctocctestccacchypothesis.
B) Acchypothesiscccanccbecctestedccmanycctimesccusingccdifferentccmethods.
C) Dataccthatccsupportccacchypothesisccactuallyccproveccitcctoccbecctrue.
D) Ifccdataccfromccexperimentationccdoesccnotcclendccsupportcctoccacchypothesis,ccthecchypothesisccmust
ccbeccrejectedccorccrevised.




Answer:c c CccSecti
on:c c 01.01
Topic:c c PrinciplesccofccScience
LearningccObjective:c c 01.01ccExplainccthatccscienceccconsistsccincctesting,ccpossiblyccrejecting,ccandcci
mprovingccourccsimplestccandccbestccexplanationsccusingccdata,ccnotccinccprovingccthecccorrectnessccofccaccc
onjecture.
Bloom's:c c 2.ccUnderstandcc
Gradable:c c automatic

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, 6) Whichccofcctheccfollowingccbestccdescribesccaccconceptualccschemeccinccscienceccthatccisccstronglyccs
upported,cchasccnotccyetccbeenccfoundccincorrect,ccandccisccbasedcconcctheccresultsccofccmanyccobservatio
ns?
A) Accscientificccparadigm
B) Descriptiveccresearch
C) Accscientificcctheory
D) Experimentalccresults

Answer:c c CccSecti
on:c c 01.01
Topic:c c PrinciplesccofccScience
LearningccObjective:c c 01.01ccExplainccthatccscienceccconsistsccincctesting,ccpossiblyccrejecting,ccandcci
mprovingccourccsimplestccandccbestccexplanationsccusingccdata,ccnotccinccprovingccthecccorrectnessccofccaccc
onjecture.
Bloom's:c c 1.ccRemembercc
Gradable:c c automatic

7) AttemptingcctoccunderstandccproximateccorccimmediatecccausesccinccBiologyccrequiresccthiscctype
ccofccapproach:

A) Evolutionary.
B) Descriptive.
C) Theoretical.
D) Experimental.

Answer:c c DccSecti
on:c c 01.01
Topic:c c PrinciplesccofccScience
LearningccObjective:c c 01.01ccExplainccthatccscienceccconsistsccincctesting,ccpossiblyccrejecting,ccandcci
mprovingccourccsimplestccandccbestccexplanationsccusingccdata,ccnotccinccprovingccthecccorrectnessccofccaccc
onjecture.
Bloom's:c c 1.ccRemembercc
Gradable:c c automatic

8) Whatcciscctheccgoalccofccusingcctheccexperimentalccmethodcctoccinvestigateccproximatecccausesccinccbiolo
gy?
A) Toccdisproveccbiologicalccprinciplesccorcctheories.
B) Tocctestccourccunderstandingccofccaccbiologicalccsystem.
C) Toccbetterccmankindccbyccinventingccsomethingccunique.
D) ToccproveccorccdisprovecctheccexistenceccofccGod.

Answer:c c BccSecti
on:c c 01.01
Topic:c c PrinciplesccofccScience
LearningccObjective:c c 01.01ccExplainccthatccscienceccconsistsccincctesting,ccpossiblyccrejecting,ccandcci
mprovingccourccsimplestccandccbestccexplanationsccusingccdata,ccnotccinccprovingccthecccorrectnessccofccaccc
onjecture.
Bloom's:c c 2.ccUnderstandcc
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