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Chapter 1: True or False



 This activity contains 15 questions.

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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 A hypothesis supported by one experiment can be considered a theory.
   
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 A conclusion is a judgment based on a verifiable piece of information.
   
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 All living things, except fungi, are eukaryotes.
   
 
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 Anecdotal evidence is supported by facts and data.
   
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 All types of matter and energy are included in the study of the natural world.
   
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 Correlation may be considered proof of a causative relationship between two variables.
   
 
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 In deductive reasoning, specific observations may be used to draw a broad, general conclusion.
   
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Living things have a different molecular composition than nonliving things.
   
 
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 Organisms lacking a nucleus are prokaryotes.
   
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 Scientific knowledge is limited to physical explanations for observable events in the natural world.
   
 
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 When bacteria move closer to a source of nutrients they demonstrate the ability of living organisms to respond to their environment.
   
 
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 Homo sapiens is the Kingdom and Species name for humans.
   
 
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 Scientists accept the results of an experiment if the statistical standard error is at least 50%.
   
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 Once a theory is formulated, it is accepted as fact and never modified.
   
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 Individual organisms do not necessarily reproduce but populations of such organisms have the capacity to do so.
   
 
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