Freshman Biology Quiz - Statistics

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  • The average score is 8 of 30
Answer Stats
Hint Answer % Correct
What are the 4 major macromolecules? Carbohydrates
56%
Proteins
55%
Lipids
54%
What is a scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it? Hypothesis
53%
What is the variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable? Dependent Variable
48%
How many countries are there in the world? 196
44%
What is the variable that is deliberately changed? Independent Variable
44%
What two men came up with the DNA double-helix model in 1953? Watson and Crick
41%
What changes the rate of a chemical reaction? Enzyme
37%
What is the act of noticing and describing events of processes in a careful, orderly way? Observation
36%
Nucleic Acids
35%
What are the 3 types of symbiosis? Mutualism
30%
Parasitism
30%
What process adds water to a Peptide Bond to form 2 amino acids? Hydrolysis
29%
Commensalism
24%
Which man has had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) for 50 years? Stephen Hawking
22%
What is the process in which molecules that cannot directly diffuse across the membrane pass through special protein channels? Facilitated Diffusion
19%
Law of Segregation
18%
Law of Independent Assortment
17%
What 2 lakes border Wisconsin? Lake Michigan
16%
Lake Superior
15%
What is an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world? Science
14%
How many gallons of water can you fit in a whale stomach? 200
11%
What are Mendel's 3 laws? Law of Dominance
10%
What enzyme is required for transcription that bands to DNA and separates its strands? RNA polymerase
8%
What is the accumulation of pollutants in organisms as you move up the food chain? Biomagnification
7%
What is the highest navigable lake in the world? Lake Titicaca
6%
What is a factor that controls the growth of a population? Limiting Factor
6%
What are the chemical substances that an organism needs to sustain life? Nutrients
6%
How many cones are in the human eye? 7 million
1%
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