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Test 1 Study Guide
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1. The process of gathering knowledge about the natural world is called SCIENCE
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2. OMIT
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3. When you answer questions by performing an activity that includes careful observation, you are using
EXPERIMENTATION
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4. What is the first step of a scientific investigation? ASK A QUESTION
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5. “A propulsion system that works the way a penguin swims will be more efficient than a boat powered by
propellers” is an example of a(n) HYPOTHESIS
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6. One form in which scientists arrange data to analyze results is a GRAPH
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7. Pieces of information gained through experimentation are called DATA
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8. A limitation of a physical model is that IT DOES NOT ACT LIKE THE THING THAT IT REPRESENTS
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9. What does a scientific law tell you? WHAT HAPPENS, BUT NOT WHY IT HAPPENS
____ 10. A model that an engineer uses to test a product design is called PROTOTYPE
____ 11. Give an example of a negative unintended consequence of cell phone technology. CAR WRECKS, NOISE
POLLUTION, CELL TOWERS DESTROYING HABITATS
____ 12. What is bioengineering? THE APPLICATION OF ENGINEERING TO LIVING THINGS
____ 13. A limitation of a mathematical model is that it DEPENDS ON MANY VARIABLES
____ 14. Give an example of adaptive bioengineering. COCHLEAR IMPLANT, ARTIFICIAL HEART
TRANSPLANT, ARTIFICIAL HIP
____ 15. If a theory correctly predicts the results of many different experiments, it could become a LAW
____ 16. Give an example of assistive bioengineered product or process. CRUTCHES, GLASSES, CONTACTS
____ 17. The scientific name for an organism comes from its GENUS AND SPECIES
____ 18. What can you find by working through the statements in a dichotomous key? THE IDENTITY OF THE
ORGANISM
____ 19. What happened that made it necessary for scientists to add new domains and kingdoms? THEY
DISCOVERED NEW ORGANISMS
____ 20. The eight levels of classification, from general to specific, are DOMAIN, KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS,
ORDER, FAMILY, GENUS, AND SPECIES
____ 21. What can you find out by working through a dichotomous key in order? THE NAME OF THE ORGANISM
____ 22. The scientific name for the common house cat is Felis domesticus. What is its specific name? domesticus
____ 23. What would scientists do if they discovered organisms that could not fit into any of the four kingdoms of the
domain Eukarya? CREATE A NEW KINGDOM
____ 24. Scientists classify organisms by ARRANGING THEM INTO ORDERLY GROUPS
____ 25. The scientific name for the European white water lily is Nymphaea alba. To which genus does this plant
belong? NYMPHAEA
____ 26. What kind of organism thrives in hot springs and other extreme environments? ARCHAEAN
____ 27. What are the natural cycles that control an animal’s hibernation, migration, and reproduction schedule?
SEASONAL BEHAVIORS
____ 28. What is a period of reduced activity during hot weather called? ESTIVATION
____ 29. When individuals with different inherited characteristics in a population reproduce, what is the result?
GENETIC VARIATION
____ 30. List the four parts of natural selection? OVERPRODUCTION, GENETIC VARIATION, STRUGGLE TO
SURVIVE, AND SUCCESSFUL REPRODUCTION
____ 31. When insecticide-resistant insects reproduce, what do they do? THEY ARE ABLE TO PASS THEIR
INSECTICIDE RESISTANT GENE TO THEIR OFFSPRING.
____ 32. What may happen to populations that lose genetic variation? THEY BECOME MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
BIRTH DEFECTS AND DISEASE.
____ 33. What is the final part of the process of natural selection? SUCCESSFUL REPRODUCTION
____ 34. The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more
successfully than less well-adapted individuals is called NATURAL SELECTION
____ 35. Which kind of behavior do animals use to protect themselves and their territories, food, mates, and offspring?
DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR
____ 36. How might animals living in a group deal with a seasonal food shortage? BY MIGRATING
____ 37. What kind of adaptation for survival is camouflage? PREDATOR-PREY ADAPTATION
____ 38. Insecticide resistance allows an insect to SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE
Define the following terms:
assistive bioengineering
cost-benefit analysis
adaptive bioengineering
dichotomous key
classification
taxonomy
learned behavior
innate behavior
courtship
territory
defensive behavior
engineering design process
Technology