APES Intro to Biology and the Scientific Method

Question 1

What is another word for your dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

data

Question 2

Bioassessments provide information about ...

Accepted Answer

potential pollution issues, water quality, annual changes in weather patterns, overall health of an ecosystem

Question 3

When a lizard gets too hot, it moves to a cooler/shadier area. This is an example of...

Accepted Answer

responding to the environment

Question 4

Adiabatic cooling will cause

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precipitation, cloud formation

Question 5

The level that includes both the biotic and abiotic factors would be the...

Accepted Answer

ecosystem

Question 6

Earth's axis is tilted

Accepted Answer

at about 24°

Question 7

Which of these is considered a terrestrial biome?

Accepted Answer

tundra

Question 8

Which of these is considered the level that includes all biological organisms?

Accepted Answer

ecosystem, communities

Question 9

A scientifically acceptable general principle offered to explain phenomena is a ...

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Theory

Question 10

Which of these biomes is considered to have the greatest species richness?

Accepted Answer

tropical rain forest

Question 11

Which of the following is not related to climate?

Accepted Answer

oligotrophic conditions

Question 12

What is the most basic unit of matter?

Accepted Answer

atoms

Question 13

The process of maintaining a stable internal environment is called...

Accepted Answer

homeostasis

Question 14

Which of the following types of data can be considered "qualitative"?

Accepted Answer

The general shape of a balloon

Question 15

A type of data that cannot be measured numerically would be considered...

Accepted Answer

qualitative

Question 16

What should you do when your hypothesis is refuted?

Accepted Answer

Develop a new experiment, Develop a new hypothesis

Question 17

A direct impact of loss of polar ice is...

Accepted Answer

decrease in albedo

Question 18

The layer of the atmosphere where weather happens is ...

Accepted Answer

troposphere

Question 19

The latitude that receives the most intense sunlight is

Accepted Answer

ITCZ

Question 20

Which of these is the first step of the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

Make observations

Question 21

Why do we need a control group in some experiments?

Accepted Answer

To create a baseline to compare the experimental groups to

Question 22

Which of the following describes a conclusive assumption based off of evidence and reasoning?

Accepted Answer

inference

Question 23

Which of the following most directly influences weather patterns?

Accepted Answer

thermohaline circulation

Question 24

The manipulated variable is the same as the...

Accepted Answer

independent variable

Question 25

What must we add to a community to become an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Abiotic factors

APES Intro to Biology and the Scientific Method

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APES Intro to Biology and the Scientific Method

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