Introduction

Question 1

All accepted information can be
derived only from carefully documented and controlled
observations or experiments.

Answer 1

Source of information.

Question 2

Only tangible phenomena and objects are studied, such as heat, plants, minerals, and weather.

Answer 2

. Phenomena that can be studied

Question 3

Physical forces that control the
world are constant through time and are the same everywhere

Answer 3

. Constancy and universality

Question 4

The fundamental basis of the scientific method
is skepticism, the principle of never being certain of a
conclusion, of always being willing to consider new
evidence. No matter how much evidence there is for or
against a theory, it does no harm to keep a bit of doubt in
our minds and to be willing to consider more evidence

Answer 4

Basis

Question 5

All the principles you learn in your chemistry or
physics classes are completely valid for plants

Answer 5

Plant metabolism is based on the principles of chemistry
and physics.

Question 6

As plants make copies of their genes during reproduction,
accidental changes (mutations) occasionally occur, and
this causes the affected gene and its information to
change

Answer 6

Genes, and the information the contain, change

Question 7

Because an individual obtains its
genes from its parents, the information it uses to control
its metabolism is similar to the information its parent
had used; thus, offspring and parents resemble each
other.

Answer 7

Plants reproduce, passing their genes and information on
to their descendants.

Question 8

Plants must
be adapted to the conditions in the area where they live.
If they are not adapted to that area’s conditions, they
grow and reproduce poorly or die prematurely

Answer 8

Plants must survive in their own environment

Question 9

The structure
and metabolism of one part have some impact on the
rest of the plant

Answer 9

Plants are highly intergrated organisms.

Question 10

Be careful to consider
differences between an individual plant and that plant’s
species (the group made up of all similar plants)

Answer 10

An individual plant is the temporary result of the interaction
of genes and environment

Question 11

Assuming that
plants have human characters such as thought and decision-making
capacity

Answer 11

anthropomorphism

Question 12

assuming that processes
or structures have a purpose

Answer 12

teleology