BIO 100 Chapter 1 Exam UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is Science? - CORRECT ANSWER - An effort to understand how the natural world
works using observable data and controlled experimentation as the basis for that understanding.
Applications of biology - CORRECT ANSWER - Using data to design evaluate or
advise... people observe the world around them
Example: shark proof suit
How is science studied? - CORRECT ANSWER - scientific method
What is the process of the scientific method? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Observation
2) Question
3) Hypothesis
4) Test
5) Results (Data)
6) Explain (Conclusion)
What is Biases in Science? - CORRECT ANSWER - Incomplete information
example... emotional response/fear, authority, politics, media, bad science
Is Biology a branch of science? - CORRECT ANSWER - True
What is Revolution? - CORRECT ANSWER - Earth spinning AROUND the sun
, What is Rotation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Earth spinning on its AXIS
Rising Air = ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Low pressure, Warmer weather (absorbs air)
Decreasing Air = ? - CORRECT ANSWER - High pressure, colder weather (squeezes air)
What is the rain shadow effect? - CORRECT ANSWER - a patch of land that has been
forced to become a desert because mountain ranges blocked all plant-growing, rainy weather.
What is a Biome? - CORRECT ANSWER - areas with similar climates and ecological
communities
What are the layers of the Ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER - Photic Zone, Benthic Zone,
Aphonic Zone
What is ecology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of interactions between organisms
and their environment- living and nonliving
What is a Producer? - CORRECT ANSWER - an organism that brings energy into the
ecosystem...uses sunlight to make food
What is a consumer? - CORRECT ANSWER - An organism that eats other organisms for
energy
What is Community Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - studies how groups of species
interact and form functional communities
What is a population? - CORRECT ANSWER - a group of individuals of the same species
living in the same place at the same time
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is Science? - CORRECT ANSWER - An effort to understand how the natural world
works using observable data and controlled experimentation as the basis for that understanding.
Applications of biology - CORRECT ANSWER - Using data to design evaluate or
advise... people observe the world around them
Example: shark proof suit
How is science studied? - CORRECT ANSWER - scientific method
What is the process of the scientific method? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Observation
2) Question
3) Hypothesis
4) Test
5) Results (Data)
6) Explain (Conclusion)
What is Biases in Science? - CORRECT ANSWER - Incomplete information
example... emotional response/fear, authority, politics, media, bad science
Is Biology a branch of science? - CORRECT ANSWER - True
What is Revolution? - CORRECT ANSWER - Earth spinning AROUND the sun
, What is Rotation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Earth spinning on its AXIS
Rising Air = ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Low pressure, Warmer weather (absorbs air)
Decreasing Air = ? - CORRECT ANSWER - High pressure, colder weather (squeezes air)
What is the rain shadow effect? - CORRECT ANSWER - a patch of land that has been
forced to become a desert because mountain ranges blocked all plant-growing, rainy weather.
What is a Biome? - CORRECT ANSWER - areas with similar climates and ecological
communities
What are the layers of the Ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER - Photic Zone, Benthic Zone,
Aphonic Zone
What is ecology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of interactions between organisms
and their environment- living and nonliving
What is a Producer? - CORRECT ANSWER - an organism that brings energy into the
ecosystem...uses sunlight to make food
What is a consumer? - CORRECT ANSWER - An organism that eats other organisms for
energy
What is Community Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - studies how groups of species
interact and form functional communities
What is a population? - CORRECT ANSWER - a group of individuals of the same species
living in the same place at the same time
