Study guide part 2

Question 1

Control group

Answer 1

Baseline for comparison

Question 2

Dependent variable

Answer 2

What I’m interested in measuring and understanding

Question 3

Independent variable

Answer 3

Is influenced by dependent variable

Question 4

Experimental group

Answer 4

The group being researched

Question 5

Hypothesis

Answer 5

Temporary answer, that is testable

Question 6

Science

Answer 6

Method of comprehension of the natural world, by investigating in counter to natural world

Question 7

Theory

Answer 7

An explanation of observation events, based on confirmed hypothesis

Question 8

Six steps of scientific method

Answer 8

1. Ask a question
2. Gather relevant information
3. State your hypothesis
4. collect data
5. analyze data
6. make a conclusion

Question 9

Hierarchy, in terms of scientific importance

Answer 9

fact < hypothesis < law < theory

Question 10

Difference between experimental and control group

Answer 10

Experimental is being researched, while control is baseline for comparison

Question 11

How to write a good hypothesis

Answer 11

If IV…. then DV

Question 12

Tactics pseudoscience use to fool you

Answer 12

1. What kind of language does it use
2. What is the source
3. What is the agenda
4. Is there expertise
5. Were real scientific processes involved
6. Does is involve testimonials

Question 13

Allele frequency

Answer 13

Calculation of the proportion of a certain allele within a population

Question 14

Bottleneck effect

Answer 14

A large population of a population is randomly eliminated

Question 15

Founder effect

Answer 15

When a small segment of a parent population “ founds” a new population

Question 16

Gene flow

Answer 16

The movement of genes from one population to another

Question 17

Genetic drift

Answer 17

Various random processes that affect allele frequencies in small, relative isolated places

Question 18

Mutation

Answer 18

one A,T,C or G changes yo something else

Question 19

Natural selection

Answer 19

Evolutionary change based in the differential reproductive sites of individuals within populations

Question 20

Equation for allele frequency

Answer 20

Number of certain allele divided by
total # of all allele for that gene population

Question 21

Fact of evolution

Answer 21

Explanation of a set of related aberrations or events based on highly confirmed hypothesis

Question 22

Theory of evolution

Answer 22

The explanation of the process by which allele frequencies and organisms change over time

Question 23

Adaptation

Answer 23

Something that makes an organisms better able to reproduce in it’s environment

Question 24

Niche

Answer 24

Organisms job

Question 25

Selective agent/ selective pressure

Answer 25

Something that impacts fertility of individuals

Question 26

Selects for

Answer 26

for certain individuals to survive to reproduce

Question 27

selects against

Answer 27

other organisms who do not reproduce well

Question 28

Why is it necessary for natural selection to work

Answer 28

it provided different traits within a population that the environment selects for