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Class: BIOL 100 - GENERAL BIOLOGY; Subject: Biological Sciences; University: San Diego State University; Term: Spring 2011;
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TERM 1 In the module, Dr. Smith's study on alcoholism had him giving a group of students a liquid that did not contain ethanol but did smell like ethanol. The use of this liquid in this group of students is considered to be a? DEFINITION 1 A control that is known to produce no results TERM 2 Your uncle who has been suffering from joint pain in his hip went to Tijuana, Mexico and received acupuncture techniques for the relief of his pain. It worked! He no longer needs medication as before. The relief of pain using acupuncture is thought to be? DEFINITION 2 Non scientific TERM 3 A military operation requires the attack force to climb to high altitudes. As a member of the group, you have had extensive experience in these kinds of operation. However, to minimize high altitude syndrome, a member of the team tells you that he uses a secret herb that natives gave him to increase his endurance. You ingest this grass and you have increased endurance in the military exercise. The increase in performance is due to which of the following? DEFINITION 3 Impossible to know. You need more data. A subject on one is not enough to give you any kind of solid data. TERM 4 An athlete takes human growth hormone that enhances his ability to have the best time of any olympic marathon runner in history. She is tested for the growth hormone and is found to have a large amount in her urine. The discovery of the human growth hormone in her urine is due to which of the following? DEFINITION 4 Scientific research into how to detect HGH(human growth hormone) Scientific research into how to detect hormones in animals Scientific research into how to detect hormones in general Scientific research into how to automate chemical detection of human growth hormone TERM 5 One of the wonders in science is the fact that identical twins, although distinct in many ways, share identical biochemical makeup. DEFINITION 5 false
TERM 6 Biology can be studied in a non-scientific method. This involves which of the following: DEFINITION 6 Using many subjects but having no controls TERM 7 A hypothesis is: DEFINITION 7 a proposed explanation for a set of observations TERM 8 (Reference Feedback Loop ) The researcher has to do more work on the proposal and resubmit the proposal to the review board. This process represents part of the: DEFINITION 8 Positive feedback loop TERM 9 (Reference Feedback loop ) Why does the rejection of the proposal initiate the positive feedback loop? DEFINITION 9 Because it requires the researcher to do more work on and resubmit the proposal which starts the review process again