ENTO 320 TAMU - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Apis Mellifera - ✔✔European honey bee
approx. _____ of the U.S. food supply is pollinated by bees - ✔✔1/3
Scientific Method - ✔✔1. Form a question
2. Make an observation
3. Form a hypothesis -- testable and falsifiable
4. test the hypothesis
5. analyze data and draw conclusions
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,control and experimental groups- - ✔✔differ in only one factor
(independent variable)
data analysis- - ✔✔-statistically significant differences
-apply statistical analyses to determine if control and experimental
samples are likely to be different from each other b/c of the single
variable that's different b/w the 2 samples.
Scientific literature follows the scientific method- - ✔✔-intro: steps 1-3
-materials/methods: step 4
-results: step 4
-discussion/conclusion: step 5
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,abstract- - ✔✔(part of article) have info concerning
hypothesis/question, will also summarize results, state conclusion of
study
What is a theory? - ✔✔- a broad explanation of some aspect of the
natural world that is substantiated by a large body of evidence
- allows us to make predictions
- can never be proven true
- extremely likely to be true, due to overwhelming evidence
THEORY IS NOT A HYPOTHESIS!!!!! - ✔✔
What is a law? - ✔✔- a description of what nature does under certain
conditions
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
, - general statements for which no exceptions have been found
- accepted to be true and universal
- Rare
Theory of Evolution - ✔✔- Evolution= changes in genetic makeup over
time
-"Descent with modification"
-Mechanism behind evolution includes
-natural selection
-mutations
-genetic drift
-migration
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Apis Mellifera - ✔✔European honey bee
approx. _____ of the U.S. food supply is pollinated by bees - ✔✔1/3
Scientific Method - ✔✔1. Form a question
2. Make an observation
3. Form a hypothesis -- testable and falsifiable
4. test the hypothesis
5. analyze data and draw conclusions
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,control and experimental groups- - ✔✔differ in only one factor
(independent variable)
data analysis- - ✔✔-statistically significant differences
-apply statistical analyses to determine if control and experimental
samples are likely to be different from each other b/c of the single
variable that's different b/w the 2 samples.
Scientific literature follows the scientific method- - ✔✔-intro: steps 1-3
-materials/methods: step 4
-results: step 4
-discussion/conclusion: step 5
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,abstract- - ✔✔(part of article) have info concerning
hypothesis/question, will also summarize results, state conclusion of
study
What is a theory? - ✔✔- a broad explanation of some aspect of the
natural world that is substantiated by a large body of evidence
- allows us to make predictions
- can never be proven true
- extremely likely to be true, due to overwhelming evidence
THEORY IS NOT A HYPOTHESIS!!!!! - ✔✔
What is a law? - ✔✔- a description of what nature does under certain
conditions
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
, - general statements for which no exceptions have been found
- accepted to be true and universal
- Rare
Theory of Evolution - ✔✔- Evolution= changes in genetic makeup over
time
-"Descent with modification"
-Mechanism behind evolution includes
-natural selection
-mutations
-genetic drift
-migration
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
