ENVS 2202 – Environmental Science – Sapling and Learning
Curve Assignments
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MODULE 1.2 LEARNING CURVE
1. What is the prognosis for bats that survive until spring with white-nose
syndrome?
Many survive
2. An article in which of the following journals would be peer-reviewed?
Environmental Research
3. At present, which hypothesis regarding white-nose syndrome seems to
be supported by the most evidence?
Non-native hypothesis
4. Which of the following is a scientific hypothesis testable by scientific
methods?
Bats with white-nose syndrome are more likely to die over winter than are
bats that do not have the syndrome.
5. Which of the following articles is MOST likely to be peer-reviewed?
The effect of the eyeless mutation of fruit fly reproduction
6. The fact that the fungus causing white-nose syndrome in the United
States shows little genetic variation indicates to scientists that:
The fungus was introduced to the United States and has spread quickly.
7. True or False: Researchers have rejected the hypothesis that the white-
nose syndrome fungus is opportunistic.
True
, 8. In which of the following places are you LEAST likely to find white-nose
syndrome fungus on a bat?
On its back
9. A hypothesis that generates predictions for which empirical data can be
collected is referred to as ___.
Testable
10. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT:
White-nose syndrome causes death to solitary bats overwintering in attics
11. Which of the following refers to information gathered via
observation of physical phenomena?
Empirical evidence
12. An idea or a prediction that can be rejected by evidence is
considered ___.
Falsifiable
13. True or False: White-nose syndrome affects bats overwintering in
large groups in caves.
True
14. Chytridiomycosis is caused by a ___.
Fungus
15. All of the following predictions are falsifiable EXCEPT:
If students cheat on exams, then they are immoral
16. Which of the following ranges best illustrates the domain in which
science works?
,C
17. What is the gray material the researcher is examining in this
photograph?
Bats
18. Which of the following is a reason bats seem much more
susceptible to white-nose syndrome in winter than in summer?
Because the fungus is adapted to cold conditions, it grows better on a cold bat
than a warm bat.
19. At what point does scientific evidence lead to absolute certainty?
Never
20. Which of the following has historically been MOST likely to die of
chytridiomycosis?
Rabbe’s fringe-limbed tree frog
21. True or False: Bats that live communally run a lower risk of
contracting white-nose syndrome than bats that live alone.
, False
22. If a politician says that climate change is just a theory, he or she
___.
Is implying that scientists are just guessing and that there are many other
possible explanations for current patterns of climate change.
23. Scientists often conduct ___ studies, which examine an issue in
different species or regions, to gain insights about the phenomenon they
are investigating.
Comparative
24. Chytrid infections are believed to have been spread by all of the
following EXCEPT:
Rabbe’s fringe-limbed tree frog
25. With regard to white-nose syndrome, the opportunistic
hypothesis states that:
The fungus is opportunistic and attacks bats that are already weakened by
another disease.
26. Since evolution has found overwhelming support from multiple
lines of evidence, it has been elevated to the status of ___.
Theory
27. All of the following are signs that a bat has died of white-nose
syndrome (WNS) EXCEPT:
Blood emanating from the bat’s mouth and nostrils
28. Evolution by natural selection is a scientific theory. All of the
following statements are TRUE regarding this theory EXCEPT:
No organism can ever be discovered that is not the result of evolution by
natural selection.
29. True or False: Chytridiomycosis is thought to have caused the
extinction of over 100 specifies of amphibians.
True
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