Biology Concepts and Applications 10th Edition by Starr - Test Bank, All 44 Chapters Covered, Verified Latest Edition

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whilejthejotherjwasjfedjthejsamejamountjofjratjchowjwithjaddedjDDT.jBothjgroupsjwerejhousedjinjthejsamejro
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28. Referjtojthejaccompanyingjnarrative.jWhatjvariablejorjvariablesjwerejmanipulatedjbyjthejscientist?
a. DDTjonly
b. temperaturejonly
c. weightjdifferencesjonly
d. bothjDDTjandjweightjdifferences
e. bothjtemperaturejandjweightjdifferences
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
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29. Referjtojthejaccompanyingjnarrative.jWhatjdependentjvariablejwasjmeasured?
a. DDT
b. temperature
c. weight
d. amountjofjfood
e. dayjlength
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
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LEARNINGjOBJECTIVES: BCA.SES.1.5.3j-
jUsingjajsuitablejexample,jdistinguishjbetweenjdependentjandjindependentjva

riables.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:jApply


30. Injorderjtojreducejbias,jscientistsjusuallyjpreferjexperimentsjthatjleadjtojwhatjkindjofjresults?
a. ambiguous
b. imprecise
c. quantitative
d. qualitative

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ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Sectionj1.7jWhatjarejsomejpotentialjpitfallsjinjscientificjinquiry?
LEARNINGjOBJECTIVES: BCA.SES.1.5j-jExplainjthejscientificjmethod.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:jUnderstand


31. Supposejthatjinjanjexperiment,jdifferentjresultsjarejobtainedjfromjajsubsetjthanjthejresultsjobtainedjfro
mjthejwhole.jWhatjtermjwouldjbestjexplainjthis?
a. probability
b. trend
c. variable
d. statisticallyjsignificant
e. samplingjerror
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Sectionj1.7jWhatjarejsomejpotentialjpitfallsjinjscientificjinquiry?
LEARNINGjOBJECTIVES: BCA.SES.1.7.2j-jHowjcanjsamplingjerrorjbejminimized?
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:jUnderstand
NOTES: Modified


32. Anjexperimenterjsurveyedjone-
halfjacrejofjajdesertjpreservejandjfoundjthreejcactusjwrenjnests.jAssumingjthatjthejhabitatjisjfairlyjuniform,jh
owjmanyjnestsjwouldjhejexpectjtojbejinjthejentirej200-acrejpreserve?
a. 6
b. 200
c. 600
d. 1200
e. 6000
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Sectionj1.7jWhatjarejsomejpotentialjpitfallsjinjscientificjinquiry?
LEARNINGjOBJECTIVES: BCA.SES.1.7.3j-
jWhenjarejexperimentaljresultsjsaidjtojbejstatisticallyjsignificant?

KEYWORDS: Bloom's:jApply


33. Anjexperimentaljresultjthatjisjstatisticallyjsignificantjis:
a. likelyjtojoccurjbyjchancejalone
b. unlikelyjtojoccurjbyjchancejalone
c. scientificallyjsignificantjorjimportant
d. thejresultjofjanjexperimentjwithjonlyjonejvariable
e. influencedjbyjsamplingjerror

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ANSWER: b




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