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Chap 01_5e
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, change the identified word(s) to make the statement
true.
1. Much of our understanding of how large organisms respond to environmental variation is based on observations
of model species.
2. Protists do not constitute a kingdom because they do not share a unique common ancestor.
3. The process by which producers harness electromagnetic energy and convert it into chemical energy is cellular
respiration.
4. Internal body temperature in humans is regulated primarily by behavioral mechanisms.
5. The process by which RNA is converted into protein is called transcription.
6. Favorable mutations may produce adaptations.
7. Although Darwin and Wallace understood the central importance of heritability among organisms to the process
of evolution, they could not explain how new variations arose or how they were passed to the next generation.
8. The example of an adaptation provided by the rock pocket mice illustrates the observation that genetic
differences often develop between individuals.
9. Researchers who study the impact of nitrogen-based fertilizers on increasing crop growth use applied research
methods.
10. Populations can be described in terms of their diversity and stability.
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. You are studying an ecosystem on your campus. After a solid base of carefully observed and described facts,
your next step would be to ____.
a. make more observations
b. make a hypothesis
c. share your data with others
d. wait for instructions
e. design an experiment
12. The group that is the most inclusive and has recently been added to the classification scheme is ____.
a. animalia
b. kingdom
c. eukarya
d. protista
e. domain
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13. Which term describes a community and the nonliving environmental factors with which it interacts?
a. ecosystem
b. planet
c. multicellular organism
d. biosphere
e. community
14. All of the populations of different organisms that live in the same place form a(n) ____.
a. ecosystem
b. community
c. biosphere
d. sample
e. organ
15. Cats, dogs, and fish are consumers that have the ability to move actively from one place to another. These
organisms belong to the ____ kingdom.
a. Animalia
b. Bacteria
c. Protist
d. Fungi
e. Plantae
16. Living systems have the capacity to detect environmental changes and compensate for them through controlled
responses. This is possible because living systems have ____.
a. sensitivity
b. hormones
c. nerves
d. reflexes
e. receptors
17. A researcher in a lab finds a microscopic organism that has no nucleus, but has distinctive structural molecules
and mechanisms of photosynthesis. The organisms are abundant in virtually every habitat on Earth. The
researcher has identified this organism as belonging to the domain ____.
a. Bacteria
b. Animalia
c. Eukarya
d. Protist
e. Amoeba
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18. Populations of all organisms change from one generation to the next because their DNA changes over time.
This is known as ____.
a. developmental selection
b. cellular respiration
c. experimental variables
d. genomics
e. biological evolution
19. Emergent properties are ____.
a. characteristics of atoms but not molecules
b. characteristics that depend on the level of organization of matter but do not exist at lower levels of
organization
c. characteristics of nonliving matter that depend on the level of organization
d. dependent on higher levels of organization of living and nonliving matter
e. characteristics of all multicellular organisms but not unicellular organisms
20. A biologist who searches for explanations about natural phenomena solely to satisfy her curiosity and advance
our collective knowledge of living systems practices ____.
a. artificial science
b. basic research
c. general research
d. applied research
e. simple research
21. A cell is minimally defined by ____.
a. a nucleus that contains DNA
b. an organized chemical system and specialized molecules and subcellular structures surrounded by a
membrane
c. an organized chemical system for harnessing energy
d. a membrane comprised of phospholipids
e. specialized molecules that respond to their environment
22. The information in DNA is copied into molecules of ____.
a. RNA
b. carbohydrates
c. lipid
d. oxygen
e. hydrogen peroxide
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Chap 01_5e
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, change the identified word(s) to make the statement
true.
1. Much of our understanding of how large organisms respond to environmental variation is based on observations
of model species.
2. Protists do not constitute a kingdom because they do not share a unique common ancestor.
3. The process by which producers harness electromagnetic energy and convert it into chemical energy is cellular
respiration.
4. Internal body temperature in humans is regulated primarily by behavioral mechanisms.
5. The process by which RNA is converted into protein is called transcription.
6. Favorable mutations may produce adaptations.
7. Although Darwin and Wallace understood the central importance of heritability among organisms to the process
of evolution, they could not explain how new variations arose or how they were passed to the next generation.
8. The example of an adaptation provided by the rock pocket mice illustrates the observation that genetic
differences often develop between individuals.
9. Researchers who study the impact of nitrogen-based fertilizers on increasing crop growth use applied research
methods.
10. Populations can be described in terms of their diversity and stability.
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. You are studying an ecosystem on your campus. After a solid base of carefully observed and described facts,
your next step would be to ____.
a. make more observations
b. make a hypothesis
c. share your data with others
d. wait for instructions
e. design an experiment
12. The group that is the most inclusive and has recently been added to the classification scheme is ____.
a. animalia
b. kingdom
c. eukarya
d. protista
e. domain
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chap 01_5e
13. Which term describes a community and the nonliving environmental factors with which it interacts?
a. ecosystem
b. planet
c. multicellular organism
d. biosphere
e. community
14. All of the populations of different organisms that live in the same place form a(n) ____.
a. ecosystem
b. community
c. biosphere
d. sample
e. organ
15. Cats, dogs, and fish are consumers that have the ability to move actively from one place to another. These
organisms belong to the ____ kingdom.
a. Animalia
b. Bacteria
c. Protist
d. Fungi
e. Plantae
16. Living systems have the capacity to detect environmental changes and compensate for them through controlled
responses. This is possible because living systems have ____.
a. sensitivity
b. hormones
c. nerves
d. reflexes
e. receptors
17. A researcher in a lab finds a microscopic organism that has no nucleus, but has distinctive structural molecules
and mechanisms of photosynthesis. The organisms are abundant in virtually every habitat on Earth. The
researcher has identified this organism as belonging to the domain ____.
a. Bacteria
b. Animalia
c. Eukarya
d. Protist
e. Amoeba
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Chap 01_5e
18. Populations of all organisms change from one generation to the next because their DNA changes over time.
This is known as ____.
a. developmental selection
b. cellular respiration
c. experimental variables
d. genomics
e. biological evolution
19. Emergent properties are ____.
a. characteristics of atoms but not molecules
b. characteristics that depend on the level of organization of matter but do not exist at lower levels of
organization
c. characteristics of nonliving matter that depend on the level of organization
d. dependent on higher levels of organization of living and nonliving matter
e. characteristics of all multicellular organisms but not unicellular organisms
20. A biologist who searches for explanations about natural phenomena solely to satisfy her curiosity and advance
our collective knowledge of living systems practices ____.
a. artificial science
b. basic research
c. general research
d. applied research
e. simple research
21. A cell is minimally defined by ____.
a. a nucleus that contains DNA
b. an organized chemical system and specialized molecules and subcellular structures surrounded by a
membrane
c. an organized chemical system for harnessing energy
d. a membrane comprised of phospholipids
e. specialized molecules that respond to their environment
22. The information in DNA is copied into molecules of ____.
a. RNA
b. carbohydrates
c. lipid
d. oxygen
e. hydrogen peroxide
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