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BSC-108-001 EXAM 1 YATEShypothesis - correct answer ✔✔proposed explanation for a set of observations
peer review - correct answer ✔✔procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other
scientists who are in the same field
theory - correct answer ✔✔only respected if supported by lots of evidence
fact - correct answer ✔✔information that is true based on all current evidence
controlled experiment - correct answer ✔✔a test of the effect of a single variable by changing it while
keeping all other variables the same
control group - correct answer ✔✔the group that does not receive the factor being tested
variables - correct answer ✔✔factors that can change in an experiment
experimental group - correct answer ✔✔the group in an experiment that receives the variable being
tested
independent variable - correct answer ✔✔what is manipulated
dependent variable - correct answer ✔✔response in which the research is interested.
single-blind experiment - correct answer ✔✔participants remain unaware of whether they are in the
experimental group or the control group
placebo - correct answer ✔✔has no effect but makes you think it does
, double-blind experiment - correct answer ✔✔an experiment in which neither the experimenter nor the
participants know which participants received which treatment
pseudoscience - correct answer ✔✔a fake or false science that makes claims based on little or no
scientific evidence.
anecdotal evidence - correct answer ✔✔statement based on a single or few examples that do not
support a generalized conclusion
an object is considered alive if it displays... - correct answer ✔✔order, cells, growth and development,
energy processing, regulation, response to the environment, reproduction, and evolution
genes - correct answer ✔✔hereditary units of information consisting of specific sequences go DNA
passed on from previous generations
genetic information that encodes for a protein - correct answer ✔✔genes
metabolism - correct answer ✔✔vast network of interconnected chemical reactions
continually converts energy from one form to another as matter is recycled - correct answer
✔✔metabolism
order of biological systems - correct answer ✔✔biosphere, ecosystems, communities, populations,
organisms, organ systems, tissues, cells, organelles, molecules/atoms
matter - correct answer ✔✔anything that has mass and takes up space
mass - correct answer ✔✔a measure of the amount of material in an object
element - correct answer ✔✔substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical
reactions
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