BIL 150 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● the replacement level fertility for a human reproductive couple is:
Answer: 2.1
●● an effective way population dynamicists can show the structure of a
population is via age/sex
Answer: population pyramid
●● what is the first step of the scientific method
Answer: observation
●● testing whether or not a new drug reduces high blood pressure. the
change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure values of the participants
represents the ___ variable.
Answer: dependent
●● an effective way to emphasize just the numerical values of raw data
collected in an experiment is in a _____.
Answer: table
,●● a hypothesis that has been confirmed through repeated experimental
tests over a long period of time is often referred to as...
Answer: a theory
●● specific to general
Answer: inductive reasoning
●● general to specific
Answer: deductive reasoning
●● breaking the bonds by adding water
Answer: hydrolysis
●● a possible role for minerals in the establishment biomolecules
common to those found in living systems today during the early Earth
origins of such molecules was
Answer: to provide scaffolding support for concentrating small
molecules
●● enzyme pathways are similar in
Answer: all living cells
●● what element has the greatest percentage of human body weight?
, Answer: oxygen
●● properties of water due to its hydrogen bonds
Answer: -high surface tension
-cohesiveness
-specific heat
-heat of vaporization
●● the permanent geometry of a molecule that cannot be changed
without breaking chemical bonds
Answer: configuration
●● a peptide bond between 2 amino acids is planar and does not allow
free rotation about the axis of the bond
Answer: true
●● it is often noted via the scientific method that hypotheses are never
proven, only disproven
Answer: true
●● a method pf protein separation that separates protein from each other
on the basis of pH where the protein would have no net charge
Answer: isoelectric focusing
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● the replacement level fertility for a human reproductive couple is:
Answer: 2.1
●● an effective way population dynamicists can show the structure of a
population is via age/sex
Answer: population pyramid
●● what is the first step of the scientific method
Answer: observation
●● testing whether or not a new drug reduces high blood pressure. the
change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure values of the participants
represents the ___ variable.
Answer: dependent
●● an effective way to emphasize just the numerical values of raw data
collected in an experiment is in a _____.
Answer: table
,●● a hypothesis that has been confirmed through repeated experimental
tests over a long period of time is often referred to as...
Answer: a theory
●● specific to general
Answer: inductive reasoning
●● general to specific
Answer: deductive reasoning
●● breaking the bonds by adding water
Answer: hydrolysis
●● a possible role for minerals in the establishment biomolecules
common to those found in living systems today during the early Earth
origins of such molecules was
Answer: to provide scaffolding support for concentrating small
molecules
●● enzyme pathways are similar in
Answer: all living cells
●● what element has the greatest percentage of human body weight?
, Answer: oxygen
●● properties of water due to its hydrogen bonds
Answer: -high surface tension
-cohesiveness
-specific heat
-heat of vaporization
●● the permanent geometry of a molecule that cannot be changed
without breaking chemical bonds
Answer: configuration
●● a peptide bond between 2 amino acids is planar and does not allow
free rotation about the axis of the bond
Answer: true
●● it is often noted via the scientific method that hypotheses are never
proven, only disproven
Answer: true
●● a method pf protein separation that separates protein from each other
on the basis of pH where the protein would have no net charge
Answer: isoelectric focusing
