Human Biology Exam 1

You document vital signs you obtained on a resident. This information is:

• Objective

• Subjective

"My head hurts when I stand up", is what type of information?

• Objective

• Subjective

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• Make an observation --> Question
• Design and conduct an experiment
• Make an hypothesis
• Share your results

A hypothesis _______while a prediction________.

• is a testable and falsifiable statement....is an expectation of a certain result

• is an expectation of a certain result...explains the result

• describes the process of an experiment....is the analysis of the experiment

• is a description of natural phenomena...an inquiry about why the phenomena behaves in a certain way

an inactive substance or fake treatment used to control for confounding variable

• Causation

• Evolution

• Placebo

• Independent Variable

The type of reasoning where a person makes  conclusions based on observations and patterns is called...

• Inductive reasoning
• Deductive reasoning
• Conjecture
• Experiments

A type of reasoning that uses general facts, definitions, and accepted properties in a logical order to write a logical argument.

• Inductive

• Deductive

• Logic

• Reasoning

__________________________ uses specific observations to make generalizations.

• Deductive reasoning
• Inductive reasoning

__________________________ uses generalizations to make specific conclusions.

• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning

What is the difference between the number of frogs in the pond when the rainfall was 5cm and when the rainfall was 20cm?

• 20

• 40

• 50

• 60