Quiz #1

Which of the following statements describes evolution? A) A population evolves in response to its environment. B) The match between organisms and their environment decreases over time. C) Natural selection chooses the most common trait in a population. D) Quick changes occur in an individual's physical makeup

A) A population evolves in response to its environment.

Which of the following is NOT a property of life? A) Populations of organisms rarely change over time. B) Living things exhibit complex but ordered organization. C) Organisms take in energy and use it to perform all of life's activities. D) Organisms reproduce their own kind.

A) Populations of organisms rarely change over time.

How do hypotheses differ from theories? A) Theories are more comprehensive than hypotheses .B) Theories must be testable; hypotheses do not need to be testable. C) Hypotheses are educated guesses, and theories are tentative explanations. D) Hypotheses are derived from experimentation, whereas theories are derived from observation.

A) Theories are more comprehensive than hypotheses

Higher levels of biological structure demonstrate an increasing complexity that goes well beyond that of all lower levels. This is a reflection of ________. A) emergent properties B) scientific laws C) reductionism D) homology

A) emergent properties

The branch of biology that explains both the diversity and the unity of life is ________. A) evolution B) microbiology C) taxonomy D) genetics

A) evolution

A study may be pseudoscience if A) the evidence is anecdotal. B) the results are published in a journal where studies are reviewed by other experts in the field. C) the experimenters used controlled experiments. D) statistical analyses are performed on experimental results.

A) the evidence is anecdotal.

Science is ________.A) the inquiry-based effort to describe and explain nature B) the search for truth C) an organized set of principles for how to behave ethically and morally D) all of the answers are correct

A) the inquiry-based effort to describe and explain nature

What is biology? A) the scientific study of life B) the scientific study of the environment C) the scientific study of DNA D) the scientific study of ecosystems

A) the scientific study of life

Which statement about a scientific law is incorrect? A) Scientific laws can often be written as mathematical equations. B Scientific laws have broad explanatory power. C) A scientific law is very often a description of a very specific natural phenomenon. D) All of the above are correct .E)) None of the above is correct.

B Scientific laws have broad explanatory power.

________ believed that use (or lack of use) of body parts enables individual to develop certain traits that it passes on to its offspring while ________ believed that species are fixed forms that do not change over time. A) Aristotle... Lamarck B) Lamarck... Aristotle C) Darwin... Aristotle D) Lamarck... Darwin

B) Lamarck... Aristotle

All the organisms on the BSU campus make up A) an ecosystem. B) a community. C) a population. D) a taxonomic domain.

B) a community.

Which of the following structures can perform all the activities required for life? A) DNA molecules B) cells C) organelles D) oxygen atoms

B) cells

Taxonomy is the ________.A) study of cells B) naming and classifying of species C) study of organisms and their interaction with the environment D) study of genes

B) naming and classifying of species

What are the two main processes upon which ecosystems depend? A) speciation and evolution B) nutrient recycling and energy flow C) decomposition and nutrient recycling D) sunlight and photosynthesis

B) nutrient recycling and energy flow

Shows graph in image: In this experiment, the dose of painkiller drug is the __________. A. dependent variable B. independent variable C. placebo D. none of the above

B. independent variable

Life is diverse. Biologists have so far identified approximately _________ species.A) 18,000 B) 180,000 C) 1,800,000 D) 18,000,000 E) 180,000,000

C) 1,800,000

Which of the following are qualities of any good scientific hypothesis? I. It is testable.II. It is falsifiable.III. It produces quantitative data.IV. It produces results that can be replicated. A) I onlyB) III onlyC) I and IID) I, III, and IV

C) I and II

Which of the following statements about the voyage of the Beagle is TRUE? A) Its purpose was to identify the fastest route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. B) It lasted almost 2 years. C) It turned into a tremendous opportunity for Darwin to collect fossils, plants, and animals. D) It ended with the sinking of the ship off of the coast of Australia, almost 4 years into its journey.

C) It turned into a tremendous opportunity for Darwin to collect fossils, plants, and animals.

Which sequence shows the steps of the process of science in an order in which they might occur? A) experiment, conclusion, exploration, application B) question, observation, experiment, analysis, prediction C) exploration, hypothesis, prediction, experiment D) exploration, question, opinion, conclusion, hypothesis

C) exploration, hypothesis, prediction, experiment

For most ecosystems __________ is (are) the ultimate source of energy, and energy leaves the ecosystem in the form of __________ .A) producers; consumers B) heat; light C) sunlight; heat D) plants; heat E) plants; animals

C) sunlight; heat

Which order is correct in terms of the hierarchy of biological organization? A) Ecosystem → Biosphere → Population → Community → Organism B) Biosphere → Ecosystem → Population → Community → Organism C) Ecosystem → Community → Biosphere → Population → Organism D) Biosphere → Ecosystem →Community → Population → Organism

D) Biosphere → Ecosystem →Community → Population → Organism

Which of the following correctly lists the selected taxonomic levels in order of increasing specificity of organisms? A) Domain, Order, Phylum, Family B) Domain, Kingdom, Order, Class C) Domain, Phylum, Family, Order D) Domain, Class, Family, Species E) Domain, Phylum, Genus, Family

D) Domain, Class, Family, Species

Discovery science is primarily based on ________. A) hypothesis testing B) deduction C) experimentation D) observation

D) observation

Natural selection can be defined as ________. A) the evolution of a population of organisms B) a process in which changes in gene frequencies result from evolution C) the production of more offspring than can survive in a given environment D) a process in which organisms with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than individuals with other traits

D) a process in which organisms with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than individuals with other traits

What is a gene? A) a type of cell B) an organelle that houses DNA C) a type of hormone D) a unit of inheritance

D) a unit of inheritance