Question 1

___________ allow scientists to gather information about complicated and interrelated environmental systems.

Accepted Answer

A)  Charts
B)  Graphs
C)  Models
D)  Figures
E)  Paradigm shifts

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a negative feedback loop?

Accepted Answer

A)  A small island is home to both wolves and deer.When the deer have high numbers, the wolves have plenty of prey to feed pups and their numbers increase.When the deer are heavily predated upon, the deer numbers decrease causing some of the wolves to starve.
B)  Grass begins to grow on a recently plowed field.
C)  Locusts begin to swarm, and when they encounter other non-swarming locusts, they too being to swarm.
D)  A person is driving and is cut off by another driver, this causes the person to become angry and they begin to drive more aggressively, cutting off other drivers.

Question 3

Which of the following is not an important feature of science?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reproducibility
B)  Parsimony
C)  Empiricism
D)  Positive proof

Question 4

Although your sister is not a scientist, she says that she uses scientific techniques in her everyday life.You do not believe her but she insists it is true.Which of the following examples could she use to best persuade you?

Accepted Answer

A)  When she cooks, she measures ingredients and puts them together to form something else (e.g., a cake) 
B)  When she drives in her car, she hypothesizes about things (e.g., when the red light will turn green) 
C)  She put some tomatoes in the sun and some in the shade to see if the sun causes them to ripen faster
D)  She buys a brand of toothpaste based on statistical data (four out of five dentists recommend it) 
E)  All of these are examples of using scientific techniques in her everyday life

Question 5

Paradigm shifts occur when ethical considerations are incorporated into scientific theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Networks of interactions among interdependent factors are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Science
B)  Ecology
C)  Systems
D)  Processes
E)  Negative feedback loops

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___________ allow scientists to gather information about complicated and interrelated environmental systems.

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Which of the following is not an important feature of science?

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Which of the following is an example of a negative feedback loop?

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Paradigm shifts occur when ethical considerations are incorporated into scientific theory.

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Although your sister is not a scientist, she says that she uses scientific techniques in her everyday life.You do not believe her but she insists it is true.Which of the following examples could she use to best persuade you?

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___________ allow scientists to gather information about complicated and interrelated environmental systems.

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Which of the following is not an important feature of science?

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Which of the following is an example of a negative feedback loop?

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Paradigm shifts occur when ethical considerations are incorporated into scientific theory.

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Although your sister is not a scientist, she says that she uses scientific techniques in her everyday life.You do not believe her but she insists it is true.Which of the following examples could she use to best persuade you?

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