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BIO 182 EXAM 1 COGBOOKS PRACTICE
EXAMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
True or False? Biodiversity on Earth will likely decrease in the near future. - ANSWER False



True or False? Scientists believe in evolution even though they currently lack evidence for the theory. -
ANSWER False



Opposition to irrational numbers was based on evidence that such numbers cannot exist. - ANSWER
False - (No direct evidence for or against irrational numbers was used to oppose the idea. A religious
belief based on faith was used instead.)



Opposition to irrational numbers stemmed from a worldview involving naturalistic evolution. - ANSWER
False - (A creationist worldview was the reason for opposing irrational numbers.)



The belief that irrational numbers cannot exist reflects religion more than science. - ANSWER True - (The
notion that God(s) created a perfect world is the product of a religion)



Modern mathematicians accept irrational numbers because such numbers provide more accurate
solutions to problems than whole numbers do. - ANSWER True - (irrational numbers are used because
they enhance calculations of measurable properties, such as the area of a circle).



The scientific method relies on ____________.



models

observations

experiments

all of the above - ANSWER all of the above



A model is a formal description of a scientific hypothesis. Which of the following types of models
provides the most precise description of a hypothesis?

, verbal

graphical

mathematical

All of the above are equally precise - ANSWER mathematical



An experiment enables one to demonstrate that a correlation between two variables results from cause
and effect.



True

False - ANSWER True



A well designed experiment ____________.




a. controls for environmental and genetic factors.

b. involves replication of experimental subjects.

c. randomizes experimental subjects among treatments.

d. achieves all of the above. - ANSWER d. achieves all of the above.



Biologists used induction to hypothesize that snakes use pits to see heat. - ANSWER True



Biologists used induction to predict the percentage of times that a snakes with sealed pits would choose
the cool box. - ANSWER False



Each treatment (sealed pits vs. unsealed pits) was replicated 20 times. - ANSWER False



The experiment would be flawed if snakes were not randomly assigned to each treatment. - ANSWER
True

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