Multiple Choice
Which of the following hypotheses can be tested with experiments?
1. Introduction to Biology
Experimental Design
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Experimental Design
- Multiple ChoiceA team of scientists has devised a new chemical fertilizer that its members believe will increase crop yields. The team planted three garden plots with corn. The soil was similar in each, and equal amounts of water were applied to each plot. One plot was treated with a common commercial fertilizer, another was treated with the new fertilizer, and the third plot was not given any fertilizer. The experimenters measured yields as bushels of corn from each plot. The plot that did not receive fertilizer was the __________.5views
- Multiple ChoiceWhy did the researchers use more than one hamster for each procedure in their experimental design?
- Multiple ChoiceA well-designed experiment should have which of the following characteristics?
- Multiple ChoiceIn the context of experimental design, what is a 'control' in an experiment?
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is true of the simplest experimental design?
- Multiple Choice
In an experiment to test the effect of temperature on bacterial reproduction rate, temperature would be the:
11views - Multiple ChoiceIn the context of experimental design, which of the following best describes a controlled variable?
- Multiple ChoiceIn an experimental investigation, what is the primary purpose of a control group?
- Open Question
Jonathan wants to know which style/model of paper airplane is going to win the contest by traveling the furthest. He designs 5 different models of paper airplanes and drops each of them from the same height of 20 meters. He records the distance that each plane travels before it hits the ground. What are the independent and dependent variables of Jonathan's experiment?
Independent Variable: ______________________________________
Dependent Variable: _______________________________________
8views - Multiple ChoiceIn an experiment testing the effect of a new fertilizer on plant growth, which of the following would be considered the control group?
- Multiple ChoiceA company was testing a new drug it thought would help decrease the risk of transmission of viruses from mother to fetus. In an experiment to test the compound, an investigator gave 400 pregnant female rats a small dose of the experimental drug and inoculated each with a type of virus known to cause disease in rats. At the same time, 400 other pregnant rats were given only the virus. Of the rat pups born to the females that received both the virus and the drug, 197 showed no symptoms of the disease; 205 rat pups born to the virus-only females showed symptoms. From these data, we can best conclude __________.3views
- Multiple Choice
A scientist wants to study the effects of nitrogen on wheat plants. They set up an experiment with 4 groups of plants: group A gets 20 pounds of nitrogen per acre, group B gets 40 pounds per acre, group C gets 60 pounds per acre, and group D gets 0 pounds per acre. Which of the following is the control group? Is it a positive or negative control group?
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The temperature at which an alligator's egg is incubated will determine the sex of the offspring. The dependent and the independent variables in this experiment are ________.
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