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SC
135 - First Exam 2013 MULTIPLE CHOICE.
On the line to the left, place the letter of the choice that best answers the question. Three Points Each. NOTE: "e" answers are never the correct answer.
1. At one time, it was thought that some other races were different species, so it was acceptable to enslave them.
This is an example
of _______ a. Speciesism b. Postmodernism c. Data manipulation d. Uncontrolled testing e. Well, if it was scientific – no, it couldn’t be okay…
2. Because of how fossils are typically produced, which is most likely
to have become a fossil? _______ a. Prairie flower b. Desert bird c. Mountain dinosaur d. Tidal zone clam e. That depends – is there some union they have to join?
3. When the typical form for a species involves individuals grouped
together, doing different jobs,
that species is considered _______ a. Social b. Colonial c. Multicelled d. Familial e. Kind of lazy
4. Things that might affect an experiment, but it’s
unclear how - _______ a. Extendables b. Influencing features c. Unreproducible results d. Confounding factors e. Wait, we can build screw-ups into the system-?
5.
Evolution rates will be higher / faster when _______ a. Species decide to change b. Environments are stable over long periods c. There are better forms that could exist – they just change d. There is a lot of change in the environment e. The dial is turned up a few notches
6.
In biological systems, the process of respiration
always a. Consumes oxygen b. Changes energy that just was free in the environment _______ c. Moves energy from one chemical to another d. All of the above
e. Is confusing
7. Current molecular clocks compare _______ a. Types of molecules b. Function of molecules c. Point mutations d. All of these
e. How fast I’m forgetting this stuff
8.
Field tests might be necessary because _______ a. Conditions can’t be duplicated in a lab b. Lab conditions would affect the results c. It would be too expensive to do in a lab d. All of the above e. The debt collectors have a harder time finding you
9.
Peer review in modern science is
most likely to happen _______ a. While an experiment is being designed b. When the paper based on the experiment is sent to be published c. While the experiment is being conducted d. After the results have been reported to the world
e. When you’re still wearing a stained lab coat
10. Proteins are the basis of _______ a. Living chemistry b. Passage of information c. Genetics d. Environmental energy
e. Those, you know, protein-based things
11.
Organisms that do photosynthesis would be _______ a. Consumers b. Producers c. Decomposers d. Originators
e. How come I know this, but the choice isn’t
here?
12. Redi’s first meat-&-maggot spontaneous generation experiment
was criticized because _______ a. Air could only get to one sample b. He killed all of the flies c. It wasn’t an actual test of the idea d. The tests needed to be swapped around e. He fed the critics maggoty meat
SHORT ANSWER.
Note: if you answer more than eight, only the first eight will be corrected. You can get partial credit on these answers.
LONG ANSWER.
Answer any four of the following questions for Eight Points Each. Note: if you answer more than four, only the first four will be corrected. You can get partial credit on these answers.
BONUS QUESTIONS.
Why are organelles called “organelles”? Three Points.
What is the role of ATP in cells? Three Points.
Why is it wrong to say that the results of an experiment “proved the hypothesis”? Three Points.
How does an experimental variable vary? Three Points.
What is anecdotal evidence? Three Points.
The classic “dog age” ratio is seven-to-one; what’s the assumed “mouse age” ratio? Three Points.
What is the extra level in a triple-blind test? Three Points.
Averaging is a common form of statistics applied in experiments. Why is it so useful? Three Points.
What was originally the third Natural Kingdom, but was eventually separated out and no longer considered? Three Points.
Why was science writing for a long time done in Latin? Three Points.
Linnaeus did a lot of parts-naming for what sort of organisms? Three Points.
Almost all of the species definitions ever used are useless for species that reproduce asexually. Why? Three Points.
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