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BIOLOGY 12 – PROVINCIAL EXAM MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION GUIDE This packa ge represe nts a very powerful learning tool for you. I have, wi th the hel p of my stude nt, Par mit Ch ilana , organ ized a large collecti on of mult iple choic e questions from past Provi ncial Eams. The questi ons are organize d !y top ic in the same chap ter order that we wil l cover in clas s. "t the end of this pack age is an answe r key. #y recommendati ons for using this resource are as follows$ 1. DO ALL THE QUESTIONS in this booklet. These are actual Provinci al Exam q uestions! Your own provincial exam will include questions very much like these ones A my chapter a nd unit tests will "eature some o" these very same questions! #. RESIST THE URGE TO LOOK AT THE ANSWER KEY until you have $iven all the questions in the section your best e""ort. on%t do one question& then look at t he key& then do another and look at the key& and so on. Each time you look one answer i n the key& your eye will notice other answ ers around them& and this will reduce the e""ectiveness o" those questions in helpin$ you to learn. '. LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! (" you $et a question w ron$& fi"# $% &'(! (" y ou are havin$ di""iculty& %)*+ %$ ($" ,%-( .)"%/#" & or maybe .'$/# ,$0#$/# i/ ($" )*.') "$. $" P##" T%$"i/ "$.. )et to$ether wi th $roup members or other students "rom cl ass and work on these questions to$ether. Explain how you $ ot your answers t o tou$h questions to others. (n explainin$ your sel" to someone else& you will learn the material better yoursel" *try it!!+ Ask your teacher to explain the question to you durin$ tutorial or a"ter school. Your goal should be to get 100% on any Biology 12 multiple choice test , learnin$ "rom your mistakes in t his booklet w ill really help you in your e""orts to meet this $oal ! -. T'i, i, REALLY CRUCIAL D$ N$% , I repeat , DO NOT& 0)"+ %'# )/,&#" )/(&'#"# $/ %'# #,%i$/, %'#0,#*3#,. or example& do not cir cle any o" A / 0 or %s in the c hoices. hy not2 (" you d o& you can never use that question effectively a$ain to st udy. (nstead& I "#4$00#/- %')% ($ &"i%# ($" )/,&#", $/ ,#.)")%# ,'##%, $f .).#" . That way& y ou can test yoursel" e""ectively over and over a$ain. 3ust to the l e"t o" the question number& there is a box. 4 se this box to put an asterisk or small not e to yoursel". or example& an asterisk *556+ mi$ht mean that you $ot that question wron$ and need to come back to it a$ain a"ter reviewin$ the course ma terial a$ain. A check mark mi$ht mean that y ou have $otten this question ri$ht three times in a row& and you never need to $o over i t a$ain. You $et the idea2 TABLE OF CONTENTS /(787)(0 A8 978E048E: .................................................................................................................................. 1 A ; P<7TE( :YT=E :(:.......... .................................................................................................................... ' T=E 0E88....... ....................................................................................................................................................... - 0E88 9E9/<AE ; T<A:P 7<T......... ............................................................................................................. - E>Y9E:.............................................................................................................................................................. ? 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The fa ct or bein g tested in an experiment is the A. data. B. va riable. C. conclusion. D. observation. B 2. A pos sible expla nation for an event that o ccurs in na ture i s cal led a (n) A. pr edicti on. B. hp othesis. C. o bserva tion. D. an alsis of da ta. C !. "sing t he info rmatio n belo# $ #hat is t he corre ct orde r for the ste ps of scie ntific i n%uir & 1. Th eor 2. Con clusio n !. 'po thesis . xpe riment ation A. 1$ !$ 2$ B. !$ $ 1$ 2 C. !$ $ 2$ 1 D. $ 1$ 2$ ! D . 1. *ta te a t heor . 2. Co llect data. !. +o rmulat e a h pothe sis. . xp erimen t. ,hich of the follo #ing i s the corre ct ord er for the s cienti fic me thod& A. 1$ !$ $ 2 B. 1$ $ 2$ ! C. !$ 1$ 2$ D. !$ $ 2$ 1 B -. The p art o f an exp eri men t that is s ub ect ed to al l of the p roc edu res except the one being tested is called the A. data. B. control. C. test sa mple. D. dependent variable. A /. An exp lanat ion for obse rved p henomena th at is supported b man exper iments is ca lled A. a theor . B. a c ontro l. C. ho meostas is. D. an hpothesis. D 0. A group of peop le #as used to test the effectivene ss of a ne# toothpas te compare d to their regul ar toothp aste. ,hich of the follo#in g procedu res repre sents a controlled test& A. 'ave everone in the group brush #ith the n e# toothpaste. B. 'ave everone brush #ith both their regula r toothpaste and the ne# toothpaste. C. 'ave half the group brush #ith the ne# toothpaste and the other half not brush their teeth. D. 'ave half the group brush #ith the ne# toothpaste and the other half #ith their regular toothpaste. B . The gro# th rate in most plan ts increas es #hen #ate r suppl is plen tiful. A possi ble expl anatio n #ould be that #a ter is a reactant in pho tosnth esis. This explanation is an example of A. a theor. B. a hpothesis. C. a conclusion. D. an observation. D 3. The maint enance of th e bo d4s consta nt in terna l en viron ment i s te rmed A. sn thesis . B. h drols is. C. re plica tion. 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