Test Bank for Biology Science for Life with Physiology 5th Edition By Colleen Belk Virginia Borden Maier (All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)

,Biology:jSciencejforjLifejwithjPhysiology,j5ej(Belk)
Chapterj1j CanjSciencejCurejthejCommonjCold?jIntroductionjtojthejScientificjMethod

1) Whyjisjthejscientificjmethodjused?
A) tojanswerjspecificjquestionsjaboutjthejnaturaljworld
B) tojdeterminejabsolutejtruth
C) tojdistinguishjgoodjfromjevil
D) tojestablishjmoraljcodesj
Answer:jA
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Knowledgej(Remember)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.1

2) Whichjfeaturejisjnecessaryjforjajscientificjhypothesis?
A) Itjisjablejtojbejprovenjtrue.
B) Itjisjfalsifiable.
C) Itjisjajtheoryjaboutjsomething.
D) Itjisjnotjbasedjonjobservations.jA
nswer:jB
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Knowledge/Comprehensionj(Remember/Understand)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.1

3) Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjanjappropriatejscientificjhypothesis?
A) Badjpeoplejcatchjmorejcoldsjthanjgoodjpeople.
B) Coldjvirusesjshouldjbejallowedjtojreproducejjustjlikejanythingjelse.
C) Itjisjunethicaljtojgojtojschooljwhenjyoujhavejajcold.
D) Peoplejcatchjcoldsjbecausejofjexposurejtojcoldjtemperature.jA
nswer:jD
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Comprehension/Applicationj(Understand/Apply)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.1

4) Whatjisjajscientificjtheory?
A) anjexplanationjsupportedjbyjlargejamountsjofjexperimentaljevidence
B) anjexplanationjthatjcannotjbejmodifiedjwithjnewjexperimentaljevidence
C) littlejmorejthanjonejperson'sjeducatedjguess
D) anyjtestablejexplanationjforjajquestionjorjproblemjA
nswer:jA
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Knowledgej(Remember)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.2




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,5) Deductivejreasoningjisjusedjtojmake basedjonjajhypothesis.
A) correlations
B) data
C) predictions
D) statisticaljtestsj
Answer:jCjSectio
n:j1.1
Skill:j Knowledge/Comprehensionj(Remember/Understand)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.3

6) WhichjhypothesisjwasjtestedjbyjWarrenjandjMarshalljduringjtheirjresearchjinvolving
Helicobacterjpylorijbacteriajandjstomachjulcers?
A) EatingjspicyjfoodjincreasesjpopulationsjofjH.jpylorijinjthejstomachsjofjpeoplejsusceptiblejtojulce
rs.
B) ThejcausejofjmanyjstomachjulcersjisjthejbacteriumjH.jpylori,jnotjspicyjfood.
C) StomachjacidjproductionjisjdecreasedjbyjH.jpylorijbacteriajinjthejstomachsjofjpeoplejwithjulce
rs.
D) AcutejstomachjpainjisjoftenjcausedjbyjH.jpylorijbacteria,jnotjulcers.jAn
swer:jB
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Comprehension/Applicationj(Understand/Apply)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.1

7) Whichjmicrobiologistsjcontributedjtojthejgermjtheoryjofjdisease?
A) WarrenjandjMarshall
B) PasteurjandjKoch
C) WatsonjandjCrick
D) JacobjandjMonodj
Answer:jB
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Knowledge/Comprehensionj(Remember/Understand)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.2

8) Whichjstatementjwouldjbejcorrectjifjanjinductivelyjreasonedjhypothesisjmakesjsense,jbasedjonja
lljavailablejandjhistoricaljobservations?
A) Thejhypothesisjmustjbejtrue.
B) Thejhypothesisjcannotjpossiblyjbejtrue.
C) Thejhypothesisjmustjbejtested.
D) Experimentationjisjnotjnecessary.j
Answer:jC
Section:j1.1
Skill:jApplicationj(Apply)jLear
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, 9) Whyjarejhypothesesjneverjacceptedjasjprovenjbyjscientists?
A) Ajhypothesisjcannotjeverjbejtruejorjfalsejbecausejitjisjanjopinion.
B) Experimentationjcannotjsupportjajhypothesisjbecausejitjonlyjtestsjpredictions.
C) Hypothesesjchangejeveryjtimejajnewjexperimentjisjconducted.
D) Alternativejhypothesesjmightjprovidejajbetterjanswerjtojthejresearchjquestion.jAn
swer:jD
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Analysisj(Analyze)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.4

10) Whatjisjthejresultjwhenjajwell-
testedjhypothesisjisjsupportedjbyjmanyjindependentjstudiesjinjthejscientificjcommunity?
A) Thejhypothesisjwouldjbejconsideredjajscientificjtheory.
B) Thejhypothesisjisjnowjbejreferredjtojasjajprediction.
C) Furtherjexperimentsjwouldjnotjoccurjunlessjajsufficientjalternativejisjproposed.
D) Thejhypothesisjisjajfactjthatjcannotjbejrefuted.jA
nswer:jA
Section:j1.2
Skill:j Comprehension/Applicationj(Understand/Apply)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.5

11) Considerjthisjhypothesis:j"DrinkingjEchinaceajteajreducesjthejdurationjandjseverityjofjcol
ds."jWhichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjisjthejbestjpredictionjbasedjonjthisjhypothesis?
A) IfjpeoplejwithjajcoldjdrinkjEchinaceajtea,jthenjtheyjwilljfeeljbetterjsooner.
B) IfjpeoplejwithjajcoldjdrinkjEchinaceajtea,jthenjajteajingredientjwilljdestroyjthejcoldjviruses.
C) IfjpeoplejwithjajcoldjdrinkjEchinaceajtea,jthenjthejteajwilljreducejtheirjstress.
D) Ifjajpersonjdoesn'tjdrinkjEchinaceajtea,jthenjhejorjshejwilljcatchjajcoldjveryjeasily.jAns
wer:jA
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Application/Analysisj(Apply/Analyze)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.3

12) Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjajtestablejhypothesis?
A) Takingjzincjlozengesjatjthejfirstjsignjofjcoldjsymptomsjisjwise.
B) Avoidingjcontactjwithjotherjpeoplejreducesjthejchancejofjcatchingjajcold.
C) Beingjajgoodjdriverjmakesjyoujlessjlikelyjtojcatchjajcold.
D) Sleepingj8jhoursjajnightjmakesjyoujfeeljbetterjwhenjyoujhavejajcold.jAns
wer:jB
Section:j1.1
Skill:j Comprehension/Applicationj(Understand/Apply)j
LearningjOutcome:j1.1




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