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BIO 181 NCSU FERZLI FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND A NSWERS.
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Question : inductive reasoning
CORRECT ANSWER: use of specific observations to
develop general principles
Question : deductive reasoning
CORRECT ANSWER: the use of general items to
derive specific items
Question : steps of the scientific method
CORRECT ANSWER: make observation about nature
formulate hypothesis conduct experiment analyze data accept/reject hypothesis
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Question : hypothesis
CORRECT ANSWER: you can't "approve" a hypothesis
only accept or reject it
Question : hypothesis v. prediction
CORRECT ANSWER: hypothesis: a general explanation of a phenomenon
prediction: specific to experimental design
Question : quantitative data
CORRECT ANSWER: ordered and continuous data
ordinal & interval
Question : ordinal data
CORRECT ANSWER: has order but distance b/w the
values doesn't have specific meaning
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Question : interval data
CORRECT ANSWER: has order and specific numeric
distance b/w variables
Question : qualitative data
CORRECT ANSWER: unordered
nominal one category is not greater than the other
Question : units of measure
CORRECT ANSWER: a standard of basic quantity or
increment by which something is divided, counted, or described
Question : parts of a scientific paper
CORRECT ANSWER: title
abstract introduction materials and methods
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results discussion conclusion references
Question : characteristics common to all forms of life
CORRECT ANSWER: cells and organization
energy use and metabolism response to environmental changes regulation and homeostasis growth and development reproduction biological evolution
Question : levels of organizaton
CORRECT ANSWER: atoms
molecules and macromolecules cells tissues