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Biology Basics
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What does areviewer do during peer-review?
Check for mistakes and bias.
Repeat the experiments in the article.
Focus on mistakes in spelling.
Change data to support results.
2
Measurements made whileobserving a plant grow 3 cm over a two-week period are called
variables.
data.
hypotheses.
inferences.
3
Which big idea in biologyis MOST concerned with DNA?
information and heredity
interdependence in nature
cellular basis of life
matter and energy
4
The basic unit of length inthe metric system is the
gram.
liter.
meter.
yard.
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Who reviews articles for peer-reviewedjournals?
the scientists who did theexperiments
people who paid for theexperiments
friends of the scientistswho wrote the articles
anonymous andindependent experts
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What are the smallestobjects that biologists study?
molecules
cells
body organs
organisms
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How many meters are in 2.4km?
2400
240
24,000
240,000
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Biologists who work in the fields of genomicsand molecular biology study
trees.
diseases.
the biosphere.
DNA.
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A personalpreference or point of view is
a bias.
an inference.
a hypothesis.
a theory.
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A well-tested explanation that explains a lot ofobservations is
a controlled experiment.
an inference.
a theory.
a hypothesis.
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How do scientific theoriescompare to hypotheses?
Hypotheses are the dominantview among scientists
Theories unify a broadrange of observations and hypotheses
Hypotheses combine ideas ofmany theories to explain events
Theories are the same ashypotheses.
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During a controlled experiment, a scientistisolates and tests
a mass of information.
a control group.
a conclusion.
a single variable.
13
Which of the following is NOT a characteristicof all living things?
growth and development.
ability to move.
ability to reproduce.
response to the environment.
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Science differs from otherdisciplines, such as history and the arts, because science relies on
facts.
testing explanations.
observations.
theories.
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Science is best described as a
list of rules.
way of knowing.
collection of beliefs.
body of information.
