PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
“Our community’s learning college.” + “Student Success: Our Top Priority.”
Natural Sciences Division
BIOLOGY 16 WEDNESDAY SECTION ONLY
DR. JOE W. CONNER
FORM IF STUDENT ID ENDS IN: 0-3
NAME: ________________ [Print] QUIZ 1: ___/10 DATE DUE: January 22, 2014 in LEC
PLEASE carefully read and answer only 10 questions of this take home quiz.
1. Briefly discuss why the Challenge Expedition in the mid-1800’s is important to marine biology.
2. Ask a question about how World War II impacted ocean research or recreation. [Omit your answer.]
3. A control can be defined as ______
a.
a variable(s) that is kept constant in an experiment
b.
an experiment where the final results are known ahead of time.
c.
a hypothesis that has been proven true.
d.
A variable that changes during the course of the day or experiment
e.
An experiment that is undertaken both in the field & lab
4. What is inductive reasoning? [Given an example related to marine biology.]
5. The first marine lab established in the U.S. was __________
6. One of the earliest influential American marine biologists was:
A) Malcolm Forbes. B) Ed Ricketts. C) Victor Andouin. D) Louis Agassiz.
7. Which of the following technologies allowed marine biologists to descend below the surface and observe
marine organisms in their environment?
A) Sound Navigation Ranging SONAR
B) The Chronometer
C) Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
D) Floating Instrument Platform FLIP
8. Which of the following is an underwater robotic system that allows for wide-ranging observations of the
marine environment?
A) ROV B) Critter cam C) Satellite D) Passive SONAR system
9.9Which new technology has advanced our understanding of large scale ocean features such as ocean
currents? A) Marine labs B) ROVs C) AUVs D) Remote sensing
10. SCUBA is based on the use of ____________________________________
11. Which of the following best describes scientific method?
A) A way to prove hypotheses correct B) A systematic means of observation and reasoning
C) A method that relies on chance discoveries D) A method that proves educated guesses
12. How can a scientific theory be important to your family?
13. How can you this scientific hypothesis? [“Moray eels find their prey primarily by following chemical
cues.”]
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
“Our community’s learning college.” + “Student Success: Our Top Priority.”
Natural Sciences Division
BIOLOGY 16 WEDNESDAY SECTION ONLY
DR. JOE W. CONNER
FORM IF STUDENT ID ENDS IN: 4-6
NAME: ________________ [Print] QUIZ 1: ___/10 DATE DUE: January 22, 2014 in LEC
PLEASE carefully read and answer only 10 questions of this take home quiz.
1. Marine Biology can best be described as: ____________________________
A) The study of life
B) The study of the marine environment
C) The study of marine animals
D) All of the above
2. An oceanographer might study which of the following?
A) Heat tolerance of coastal barnacles B) Yearly oxygen production by salt marsh grasses
C) The influence of the Loop Current on seasonal growth of open-sea algae D) NONE.
3. Ancient people often had knowledge of which of the following?
A) Edible shellfish
B) the breeding patterns and genetics of whales
C) Giant squid
D) Life in the ocean depths
4. Modern biologists still might consult the results of the Challenger expedition in order to:
____________________________
5. Why are the he voyages of Captain Cook important to us today?
6. Sonar is based on the use of radio waves to penetrate water and thus probe the depths of the oceans.
Why would this be important to marine science or oceanography? _________________________________
7. Which of the following best describes scientific method?
A) A way to prove hypotheses correct
B) A systematic means of observation and reasoning
C) A method that relies on chance discoveries
D) A method that proves educated guesses
8. A scientific theory are important because __________________________
9. A swimmer sees a large blue jellyfish nearby. Jellyfishes are known to sting, so the swimmer moves
away. The swimmer did which of the following?
A) Used inductive reasoning B) Used deductive reasoning C) Constructed a theory
D) NONE
10. SONAR is based on the use of ____________________________________
11. Which of the following best describes scientific method?
A) A way to prove hypotheses correct B) A systematic means of observation and reasoning
C) A method that relies on chance discoveries D) A method that proves educated guesses
12. How can a scientific theory be important to your friends in Los Angeles County?
13. How can you this scientific hypothesis? [“Moray eels find their prey primarily by following chemical
cues.”]
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
“Our community’s learning college.” + “Student Success: Our Top Priority.”
Natural Sciences Division
BIOLOGY 16 WEDNESDAY SECTION ONLY
DR. JOE W. CONNER
FORM IF STUDENT ID ENDS IN: 7-9
NAME: ________________ [Print] QUIZ 1: ___/10 DATE DUE: January 22, 2014 in LEC
PLEASE carefully read and answer only 10 questions of this take home quiz.
1. A scientific theory has which of the following properties?
A) It agrees with available evidence and all alternative hypotheses have been ruled out.
B) It cannot be rejected.
C) It has been absolutely proven.
D) It does not need to be altered in the light of new evidence.
2. A marine biologist wishes to test the hypothesis that heavy grazing by snails causes the alga Ulva to stay
short rather than grow upright. What would be two variables that could be manipulated successfully at the
seashore to test this hypothesis? 1. ________________________
2. ______________________
3. Old stories tell of gigantic sea serpents, possibly ancient reptiles called plesiosaurs. To prove that they
still exist, the most useful scientific evidence would be which of the following?
A) Good photographs of the creatures
B) Reliable eye-witness accounts of seeing them
C) Unexplained bite marks on fish
D) A fresh skull with flesh still attached
4. New technology, such as AUVs, allows scientists to observe marine mammals in which situation?
A) In captivity
B) From the surface of the ocean only.
C) From stranded or dead animals washed up on beaches
D) Underwater in the open sea
5. Automated floats such as the Argo system can be used to
A) Take pictures of whales and other diving mammals.
C) Measure water temperature at 2,000 m.
B) Forecast the tracks of hurricanes.
D) Identify plankton from their DNA.
6 The factors that might affect observations are called _________.
a. controls b. variables. c. experiments d. inductive observations. e.
none
7 A marine scientist observes that mako sharks, salmon, and tuna leap out of the Pacific Ocean. An
example of induction from this observation is that ___________.
a.
only some fishes can leap out of the water
b.
all fishes leap out of the water
c.
fishes leap out of water to find food
d.
flatfishes are blue
e.
none
8 Ask a question about the first marine lab in the world. Answer your question correctly.
9 Echolocation OR deduction is ________________________ [Circle the term you are defining.]
10. Where or when could you see marine studies benefiting your family?
11. Ask a question about International Whaling Commission? [Answer your question.]
12. The migrating birds breed ____________. [Briefly answer this question.]
13.
Science must include _________________________ but the Legal or Testimonial Method does not.