Test Bank for Human Biology, 17th Edition (2026) | ISBN – Sylvia S. Mader & Michael Windelspecht | Complete Verified Questions and Answers

Test Bank
Human Biology, 17th Edition
Test Bank for Human Biology, 17th Edition by
Sylvia S. Mader and Michael Windelspecht|
Complete Verified Questions and Answers for
Biology Students

,Chapter 1: Exploring Life and Science
1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic common to all living organisms?
A. Organization
B. Ability to respond to stimuli
C. Ability to fly
D. Reproduction
Answer: C

2. What is the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism?
A. Atom
B. Molecule
C. Cell
D. Tissue
Answer: C

3. Biology is best defined as:
A. The study of human behavior
B. The study of living organisms and their environments
C. The study of plants only
D. The study of chemical reactions
Answer: B

4. Which level of corganization ccomes cimmediately cafter cmolecules?
A. Atoms
B. Cells
C. Tissues
D. Organs
cAnswer:
cB


5. True cor cFalse: cBacteria care cmulticellular
corganisms. cAnswer: cFalse


6. What cis ca ctissue?
A. A csingle ccell
B. A cgroup cof csimilar ccells cthat cperform ca cparticular cfunction
C. A ccollection cof cdifferent corgans
D. An centire
corganism cAnswer:
cB


7. The cbrain cand cspinal ccord care cexamples cof cwhich clevel cof corganization?
A. Tissue
B. Organ

,C. Organ csystem
D. Organism
cAnswer: cC


8. All cmembers cof cone cspecies cin ca cparticular carea cbelong cto ca:
A. Community
B. Population
C. Ecosystem
D. Biosphere
cAnswer: cB


9. True cor cFalse: cThe cbiosphere cincludes call cof cEarth's cecosystems
ccollectively. cAnswer: cTrue
10. What cis cenergy cdefined cas?
A. The ccapacity cto cdo cwork
B. A ctype cof cmolecule
C. A cliving corganism
D. A cchemical
creaction cAnswer: cA


11. Which cprocess cdo cplants cuse cto cconvert csolar cenergy cinto cchemical cenergy?
A. Respiration
B. Photosynthesis
C. Metabolism
D. Homeostasis
cAnswer: cB


12. Metabolism cis:
A. The cdeath cof can corganism
B. The csum cof call cchemical creactions cin ca ccell cor corganism
C. A ctype cof creproduction
D. A cform cof
cenergy cAnswer: cB


13. True cor cFalse: cHumans cacquire cenergy cby ceating
cfood. cAnswer: cTrue
14. What cis cthe cultimate csource cof cenergy cfor cmost clife con cEarth?
A. The cmoon
B. The csun
C. Wind
D. Water
cAnswer:
cB


15. Homeostasis crefers cto:

, A. Growth cand cdevelopment
B. Maintaining ca cconstant cinternal cenvironment
C. Reproduction
D. Evolution
cAnswer: cB


16. Normal chuman cbody ctemperature ctypically cranges cbetween:
A. 20-25°C
B. 30-35°C
C. 36.5-37.5°C
D. 40-45°C
Answer: cC

17. True cor cFalse: cThe cdigestive csystem cplays cno crole cin cmaintaining
chomeostasis. cAnswer: cFalse


18. Which csystems cwork ctogether cto cmaintain cbody ctemperature?
A. Cardiovascular cand cnervous csystems
B. Only cthe cskeletal csystem
C. Only cthe crespiratory csystem
D. None cof cthe
cabove cAnswer: cA


19. Response cto cstimuli cin chumans coften cinvolves:
A. Movement
B. Complete cstillness
C. Sleep
D. Reproduction
cAnswer: cA


20. True cor cFalse: cPlants ccan crespond cto cexternal
cstimuli. cAnswer: cTrue
21. DNA cstands cfor:
A. Deoxyribonitrogen cacid
B. Deoxyribonucleic cacid
C. Dinitrogen cacid
D. Double cnucleus
cacid cAnswer: cB


22. Genes care:
A. Large corganisms
B. Short csequences cof chereditary cmaterial
C. Types cof ccells
D. Energy cmolecules