BIOL 1020 EXAM 1 RIGGS CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● Inductive Reasoning
Answer: drawing a generalization from several specific observations;
proceeds from the specific to the general. Impossible to prove the
accuracy of the generalization
●● Testable Model
Answer: explains the existing observations and makes predictions that
can be tested
●● An _______ is conducted to test the correctness of the hypothesis
Answer: experiment
●● Treatment Group
Answer: the individual's given the specific treatment or condition being
tested
●● Control Group
Answer: the individual's not given the specific treatment
,●● Theory
Answer: a well supported hypothesis that links together a large body of
observations
●● Principle or Law
Answer: a theory that links together significant bodies of thought and
yields unvarying and uniform predictions over a long period of time
●● The ______ is outside the bounds of science. _______ causes and
effects cannot be proved or disproved.
Answer: Supernatural
●● Cell
Answer: the basic structural and functional unit of life consisting of
living material bounded by a membrane
●● Characteristics of living matter
Answer: living things are composed of cells, living things grow and
develop, living things have the ability to metabolize, living things
respond to stimuli, and living things can reproduce
●● Metabolism
Answer: sum of chemical reactions and energy transformations that take
place within a cell
,●● Homeostasis
Answer: the tendency of an organism to maintain a relatively constant
internal environment
●● DNA
Answer: responsible for information transfer from one generation to the
next
●● Hormones
Answer: are chemical signals used for intercellular signaling
●● Biologist use a ______ for classifying organisms
Answer: binomial system
●● Who developed a system of classification that is the basis of what is
used today?
Answer: Carolus Linnaeus
●● Taxonomy
Answer: the science of classifying and naming organisms
●● Species
, Answer: the basic unit of classification or taxonomy
●● Genus
Answer: a group of closely related species
●● Hierarchy of taxonomic groups
Answer: Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
●● What are the three domains?
Answer: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
●● What are the six kingdoms?
Answer: Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
●● Autotrophs
EVALUATION QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● Inductive Reasoning
Answer: drawing a generalization from several specific observations;
proceeds from the specific to the general. Impossible to prove the
accuracy of the generalization
●● Testable Model
Answer: explains the existing observations and makes predictions that
can be tested
●● An _______ is conducted to test the correctness of the hypothesis
Answer: experiment
●● Treatment Group
Answer: the individual's given the specific treatment or condition being
tested
●● Control Group
Answer: the individual's not given the specific treatment
,●● Theory
Answer: a well supported hypothesis that links together a large body of
observations
●● Principle or Law
Answer: a theory that links together significant bodies of thought and
yields unvarying and uniform predictions over a long period of time
●● The ______ is outside the bounds of science. _______ causes and
effects cannot be proved or disproved.
Answer: Supernatural
●● Cell
Answer: the basic structural and functional unit of life consisting of
living material bounded by a membrane
●● Characteristics of living matter
Answer: living things are composed of cells, living things grow and
develop, living things have the ability to metabolize, living things
respond to stimuli, and living things can reproduce
●● Metabolism
Answer: sum of chemical reactions and energy transformations that take
place within a cell
,●● Homeostasis
Answer: the tendency of an organism to maintain a relatively constant
internal environment
●● DNA
Answer: responsible for information transfer from one generation to the
next
●● Hormones
Answer: are chemical signals used for intercellular signaling
●● Biologist use a ______ for classifying organisms
Answer: binomial system
●● Who developed a system of classification that is the basis of what is
used today?
Answer: Carolus Linnaeus
●● Taxonomy
Answer: the science of classifying and naming organisms
●● Species
, Answer: the basic unit of classification or taxonomy
●● Genus
Answer: a group of closely related species
●● Hierarchy of taxonomic groups
Answer: Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
●● What are the three domains?
Answer: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
●● What are the six kingdoms?
Answer: Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
●● Autotrophs
