Midterm Assessment

A ____________________ is what you know.

• Evidence

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Assumption

A(n) __________ is an outbreak of a disease.

• anemic

• pandemic

• epidemic

• None of the above

An individual who studies a disease outbreak can be identified as an __________.

• epidemiologist

• endocrinologist

• disease doctor

• physiologist

C.E.R stands for _________________, ______________________, and ______________________.

• claim, experimental, reasoning

• capture, experimental, release

• claim, evidence, reasoning

• cold, evenness, readiness

Observable, measurable, testable, and falsifiable are all characteristics of ______________________.

• epidemiology

• science

• endocrinology

• physiology

Back in the 1800s, many believed that breathing in foul-smelling air would cause disease. What is this theory called?

• Atmospheric transmission of disease theory

• Miasma theory

• Theory of air-borne transmission

• London theory of disease transmission

What was the disease that caused the epidemic in London, England in 1854?

• Cerebral palsy

• Cholera

• Influenza

• Tuberculosis

A _______________________ is a unit of energy.

• body mass index

• calorie

• carbohydrate

• protein

_______________________ is a measurement of one’s weight-to-height ratio.

• body mass index

• calorie

• carbohydrate

• protein

Benjamin is tracking his diet and wants to know how many calories he is consuming. He learns that proteins and carbohydrates contain ______ calories per gram.

• 20

• 15

• 4

• 1