HMH Biology ©2012 Chap 1

Question 1

Biotechnology

Accepted Answer

is centuries old

Question 2

What is the biosphere?

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All organisms and where they are found

Question 3

An inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms.

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Adaptation

Question 4

A group of like organisms that can reproduce and have viable offspring

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species

Question 5

What variable is measured during an experiment?

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dependent variable

Question 6

What process includes natural selection and adaptation?

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evolution

Question 7

Biodiversity is greater near the equator than away, because there is more land at the equator

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Which was the earliest invention?

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Light Microscope

Question 9

This type of data is based on numbers.

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Quantitative

Question 10

Which of the following has the most evidence behind it?

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Law

Question 11

True or False. In science you can prove your hypothesis.

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False

Question 12

True or False. More biodiversity is found closer to the equator because there is more land there.

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False

Question 13

What variable is manipulated by the scientist conducting the research?

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Independent Variable

Question 14

The genetic code of all life

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DNA

Question 15

The study of life

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Biology

Question 16

A scientist is studying the affect of the amount of light on rate of plant growth.

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the amount of light is the independent variable

Question 17

Which is an example of qualitative data?

Accepted Answer

The chicks are yellow

Question 18

All processes of building and breaking down materials in the body is metabolism.

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True

Question 19

What imaging technique is used to view hard objects in the body?

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X-ray

Question 20

What is a system?

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organized group of related parts interacting to form a whole

Question 21

Molecular genetics

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study and manipulation of DNA on a molecular level

Question 22

What process regulates internal conditions of an organism.

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Homeostasis

Question 23

An organism that have genes from more than one species

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transgenic

Question 24

Which type of microscope would be used to molecules?

Accepted Answer

Electron Microscopes

Question 25

The study of genes

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genomics

Question 26

What imaging technique is used to see the active areas of the brain?

Accepted Answer

fMRI

HMH Biology ©2012 Chap 1

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HMH Biology ©2012 Chap 1

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