Lab1

Question 1

What is the systematic process designed for people to obtain knowledge by following several steps?

Answer 1

Scientific method

Question 2

What does the term to test something empirically mean?

Answer 2

collect data and test hypothesis through observation or experimentation

Question 3

A falsifiable statement that allows you to predict the outcome

Answer 3

hypothesis

Question 4

What is experimental group?

Answer 4

The group you are administering the treatment to

Question 5

what group is not receiving the tested variable and serves as a comparison to the other group

Answer 5

control

Question 6

The variable you are testing or altering during the course of the experiment

Answer 6

independent

Question 7

variable that’s being measured

Answer 7

dependent

Question 8

Factors that are staying the same in all trials aka controlled variables

Answer 8

constant

Question 9

Prevents bias by making sure one thing is changed thoughout the experiment

Answer 9

fair test

Question 10

Chance variations due to differences in measuring devices, equipment, etc; will have no control over these

Answer 10

random errors

Question 11

Occur when measured values differ from true values, usually because of an issue with a piece of equipment; ie improperly calibrated equipment

Answer 11

systematic errors

Question 12

measurable data

Answer 12

quantitative

Question 13

categorical data

Answer 13

qualitative

Question 14

what member of the family is the brassica rapa?

Answer 14

mustard family

Question 15

Firsthand account of findings from original research that has been peer reviewed and published in a reputable journal

Answer 15

primary source

Question 16

Written by someone not giving a firsthand account such as a website, newspaper, or magazine

Answer 16

Secondary source

Question 17

Seeds are divided into two groups

Answer 17

Angiosperms and gymnosperms

Question 18

means naked seed and is comprised of pine trees, cycads and junipers

Answer 18

gymnosperms

Question 19

flowering plants

Answer 19

angiosperms

Question 20

seeds enclosed in a reproductive vessel

Answer 20

ovary

Question 21

angiosperm include both

Answer 21

monocots and eudicots

Question 22

Whats in all seeds that protects the embryo?

Answer 22

embryo, stored food, and seed coat

Question 23

What are examples of gymnosperms?

Answer 23

sequoia and juniper

Question 24

What is an example of an angiosperm?

Answer 24

jojoba

Question 25

Play principle role in carbohydrate absorption and production for the developing seed

Answer 25

cotyledons of angiosperms

Question 26

Large, fleshy structure that store food and are first to perform photosynthesis as the seedling emerges from the soil

Answer 26

eudicots

Question 27

serves only as an absorptive structure in monocots

Answer 27

scutellum

Question 28

stored food reserves

Answer 28

endosperm

Question 29

the first leaf of the plant embryo and will be the first part of a plant to emerge from the seed. It provides nutrients to the developing embryo and can be photosynthetic

Answer 29

cotyledon

Question 30

Stem like structure below the cotyledon

Answer 30

hypocotyl

Question 31

the meristem has developed an embryonic root

Answer 31

radicle

Question 32

If the radicle has not developed, then the region below the cotyledons is called….

Answer 32

hypocotyl-root axis

Question 33

above the cotyledons, the embryonic shoot with young leaves and apical meristem has formed

Answer 33

epicotyl

Question 34

The stem has 2 main functions

Answer 34

conduction of carbs, minerals, water; also vital support organ for leaves, fruits, reproductive organs

Question 35

main function of leaves

Answer 35

food production