Biology Unit One Part A Review

Choose the best answer: I noticed that my dog whines just before a thunderstorm.

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

• Observation

• Conclusion

Choose the best answer: The plants exposed to red light had many wilted leaves.

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

• Observation

• Conclusion

Choose the best answer: Fifteen percent of the test subjects reacted within the predicted time.

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

• Observation

• Conclusion

Choose the best answer: The hypothesis was not supported because all the ants died quickly.

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

Choose the best answer: An object at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by an outside force

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

Choose the best answer: Life formed due to chemical reactions in oceans millions of years ago.

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

Choose the best answer: If given the fake medication, then patients' health will not improve because the fake medication does not contain any beneficial substances.

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge is called a(n)

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Inference

Students are walking back to class from the lunch room so they must have finished eating lunch. This is a(n)...

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Inference

What is interpolation?

• to estimate beyond a set of data points

• to estimate within a set of data points or between data points

• to estimate data before a set of data points

• to use only data points to determine values