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Chapter 1a/b - Scientific Method & Life?

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ability to do work and/or cause movement:

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

volume

d)

chemistry

2.

Physiology hinges on all of these, except:

a)

Transferring and Storing Energy

b)

Cell Structure & Function

c)

Protein Function

d)

Osmosis & Diffusion

e)

Adaptation

3.

Condition in which the body’s internal environment remains relatively constant; within physiological limits

a)

homeostasis

b)

amphipathos

c)

heterotonicity

d)

adaptation

4.

What part of a feedback system sends input to the control center?

a)

stimulus receptor

b)

effector

5.

What part of a feedback system sends output to the effectors?

a)

stimulus receptor

b)

control center

6.

What part of a feedback system sends carries out the final action/response?

a)

stimulus receptor

b)

effector

c)

control center

7.

Observations/data described by words:

a)

qualitative

b)

quantitative

8.

Observations/data described by numbers:

a)

qualitative

b)

quantitative

9.

The process of using the senses to record events.

a)

observation

b)

data collection

c)

hypotheses

d)

conclusion

10.

Info. gained via direct observation that is capable of being verified or disproved​:

a)

anecdotal evidence

b)

empirical evidence

c)

deductive reasoning

d)

inductive reasoning

11.

A possible answer to a question, or an explanation of an observation:

a)

observation

b)

data collection

c)

hypothesis

d)

conclusion

12.

The process of developing general principles from the examination of many specific facts​

a)

anecdotal evidence

b)

empirical evidence

c)

deductive reasoning

d)

inductive reasoning

13.

The process of developing specific facts from the examination of general principles​:

a)

anecdotal evidence

b)

empirical evidence

c)

deductive reasoning

d)

inductive reasoning

14.

Recreation of an event that allows a scientist to support or disprove a hypothesis​

a)

experiment

b)

variable

c)

controls

d)

placebo

15.

The variable manipulated by the scientist:

a)

dependent

b)

independent

c)

controlled

d)

placebo

16.

The variable measured by the scientist:

a)

dependent

b)

independent

c)

controlled

d)

placebo

17.

The variable kept constant by the scientist:

a)

dependent

b)

independent

c)

controlled

d)

placebo

18.

The group that has their independent variable manipulated:

a)

experimental

b)

placebo

c)

control

d)

double-blind

19.

Results must be reliable and valid to be statistically significant.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

When compared to the control group, if the experimental group displays a result that would only occur by chance in less than 1 in 20 experiments (0.05%).

a)

qualitative

b)

statistically significant

c)

accuracy

d)

repeatability

21.

A plausible, scientifically acceptable generalization that has not been disproved.

a)

hypothesis

b)

theory

c)

law

d)

observation

22.

A constant rule of nature.

a)

hypothesis

b)

theory

c)

law

d)

observation

23.

Indicates that one event is the result of the occurrence of another event.

a)

Correlation

b)

Causation

24.

On this figure, which part represents the change in response to a signal from the control center?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

25.

On this figure, which part represents the control center?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

26.

On this figure, which part represents the structure receiving the initial stimuli?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

27.

Both positive and negative feedback use receptors, control centers, and effectors.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Feedback where systems operate to reverse, reduce, or eliminate the changes detected by the stimulus receptor.

a)

positive

b)

negative

29.

Feedback where systems operate to strengthen the detected change by the stimulus receptor.

a)

positive

b)

negative

30.

Which structure is at the same level as the one circled in the diagram?

a)

bladder

b)

cardiovascular system

c)

bacteria

d)

carbon

31.

Smallest nonliving unit of life

a)

atom

b)

molecule

c)

compound

d)

cell

32.

Smallest living unit of life

a)

atom

b)

molecule

c)

compound

d)

cell

33.

A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction ​

a)

atom

b)

molecule

c)

compound

d)

cell

34.

Humans are a:

a)

prokaryote

b)

eukaryote

35.

A bacterium is a:

a)

prokaryote

b)

eukaryote

36.

All physiological processes begin at the ______ level.

a)

tissue

b)

atom

c)

molecule

d)

cell

37.

A unified group of similar cells performing a specific function​

a)

cells

b)

tissues

c)

organs

d)

organ systems

38.

Structures composed of more than one tissue

a)

cells

b)

tissues

c)

organs

d)

organ systems

39.

A group of organs that perform a broad biological function

a)

cells

b)

tissues

c)

organs

d)

organ systems

40.

An organ can not be a part of more than one organ system.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Any living unit that can function independently is called:

a)

cells

b)

tissues

c)

organs

d)

organism

42.

Members of a particular _______ can produce viable and fertile offspring only if they breed with each other ​

a)

genus

b)

domain

c)

class

d)

species

43.

Which of these are all acellular agents:

a)

viruses, viroids, & prions

b)

viruses, bacteria, & fungi

c)

fungi, protozoa, & prions

d)

viruses, fungi, & protozoa

44.

Viruses are nonliving because they cannot:

a)

breathe

b)

eat

c)

reproduce outside a host

d)

grow

45.

Which of the following are physiological processes of life (choose all that apply)

a)

osmosis & diffusion

b)

energy transfer & storage

c)

protein function

d)

DNA action

e)

cellular structure & function