1. An experimental study is conducted to determine whether a new drug reduces high blood pressure. The change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure values of the participants represents the a. independent variable b. dependent variable c. hypothesis d. theory e. control group 2. These data are from two enclosures: one with light-colored soil (left), and one with dark-colored soil (right). How many dark brown mice were caught in the light-colored soil enclosure on a moonlit night? a. 12 b. 17 C. 19 d. 37 Number of mice caught 40- 35 30 15 10 5 0 Light coat Dark coat Number of mice caught 40 35-4 25 10 5 0 Light coat Dark coat Full moon No moon Full moon No moon B: Dark-colored soil A: Light-colored soil Data from D. W. Kaufman, Adaptive coloration in Peromyscus polionotus: Experimental selection by owls, Journal of Mammalogy 55:271-283 (1974). 3. In this figure above, what is the dependent variable, the response to the variables being tested? a. the presence or absence of moonlight b. the mouse coat color c. the number of mice caught d. the color of the soil
1. An experimental study is conducted to determine whether a new drug reduces high blood pressure. The change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure values of the participants represents the a. independent variable b. dependent variable c. hypothesis d. theory e. control group 2. These data are from two enclosures: one with light-colored soil (left), and one with dark-colored soil (right). How many dark brown mice were caught in the light-colored soil enclosure on a moonlit night? a. 12 b. 17 C. 19 d. 37 Number of mice caught 40- 35 30 15 10 5 0 Light coat Dark coat Number of mice caught 40 35-4 25 10 5 0 Light coat Dark coat Full moon No moon Full moon No moon B: Dark-colored soil A: Light-colored soil Data from D. W. Kaufman, Adaptive coloration in Peromyscus polionotus: Experimental selection by owls, Journal of Mammalogy 55:271-283 (1974). 3. In this figure above, what is the dependent variable, the response to the variables being tested? a. the presence or absence of moonlight b. the mouse coat color c. the number of mice caught d. the color of the soil
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1. An experimental study is conducted to determine whether a new drug reduces high blood pressure. The
change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure values of the participants represents the
a. independent variable
b. dependent variable
c. hypothesis
d. theory
e. control group
2. These data are from two enclosures: one with light-colored soil (left), and one with dark-colored soil (right).
How many dark brown mice were caught in the light-colored soil enclosure on a moonlit night?
a. 12
b. 17
C. 19
d. 37
C
Number of mice caught
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Light coat
Dark coat
Number of mice caught
c. the number of mice caught
d. the color of the soil
40
35
30
25-
20-
15
10
5
0
Light coat
Dark coat
Full moon No moon
Full moon No moon
B: Dark-colored soil
A: Light-colored soil
Data from D. W. Kaufman, Adaptive coloration in Peromyscus polionotus:
Experimental selection by owls, Journal of Mammalogy 55:271-283 (1974).
3. In this figure above, what is the dependent variable, the response to the variables being tested?
the presence or absence of moonlight
b. the mouse coat color
4. A friend of yours calls to say that his car would not start this morning. He asks for your help. You say that
you think the battery must be dead. If so, then jump-starting the car from a good battery will solve the
problem. In doing so, you are
a. testing a theory for why the car will not start
b. making observations to inspire a theory for why the car will not start
c. stating a hypothesis and using that hypothesis to make a testable prediction
d. comparing multiple hypotheses for why the car will not start

Transcribed Image Text:What combination of independent variables led to the
highest predation level in enclosures with light-colored soil?
a) light brown coat with no moon
b) light brown coat with full moon
c) dark brown coat with full moon
d) dark brown coat with no moon
Number of mice caught
38
30
26
20
15
Light cont
Dark coat
Full moon
No
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Number of mice caught
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Light coat
Dark coat
Full moon No moon
B: Dark-colored soll
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