Biological Science, 8th edition Scott Freeman Kim Quillin Lizabeth Allison Michael Black Jeff Carmich
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Chapter 1 Biology: The Study of Life
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1) Which of the following is NOT related to the five fundamental characteristics of life?
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A) A bacterial cell divides to produce two cells.
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B) Sugars are transported on carrier proteins into cells across the plasma membrane.
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C) Sugars are broken down inside cells to produce energy.
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D) The gene that specifies skin color in frogs is expressed during its development from
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a tadpole into an adult frog.
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E) Giraffes have longer necks so that they can reach food sources unavailable to oth
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Answer: E ma
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2) Which of the following statements best describes a characteristic that may be associated wit
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h both living organisms and nonliving matter?
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A) Reproduction by passing on genetic information to future generations. ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma
B) Composed of cells. ma ma
C) Capable of evolution. ma ma
D) Able to produce heat as a byproduct of chemical reactions
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. Answer: D
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3) Which of the following statements is an inaccurate example of how the living organism in th
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e scenario exemplifies a characteristic feature of living organisms?
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A) Photosynthetic bacteria meet the energy requirement, as they are able to convert energ
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y from sunlight into the chemical energy they store in sugars.
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, B) As humans, we meet the cell requirement because even though we are made of tissu
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es and organs, all of those components are made of specialized types of cells.
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C) English bulldogs would meet both the information and ability to replicate requirement
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s because when they have a litter of puppies, we would expect the progeny to be Eng
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lish bulldogs due to their DNA from the parents.
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D) Monarch butterflies meet the evolution requirement because each of them will look d
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ifferent as adults (butterflies) than they do as juveniles (caterpillars) which demonstrate t
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heir ability to change over time.
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E) All of the statements are proper examples of how that organism exemplifies particula
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r characteristics of life.
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Answer: D ma
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4) Pasteur’s experiments demonstrated that ma ma ma ma .
A) cells cannot survive in swan-necked flasks
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B) in order to grow, cells need to be supplied with oxygen
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C) spontaneous generation can only occur if nutrient broth is left open to the environment
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D) sterilizing nutrient broth prevents spontaneous generation
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E) preexisting cells present in the air can grow in sterilized nutrient brot
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h Answer: E
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5) Recall Pasteur’s experiment on spontaneous generation. If he had just warmed the nutr
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rich broth, rather than boiled it, what would have been the likely outcome of his experi
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ment? Cells would ma . ma ma
A) not have appeared in either flask
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B) have appeared in both flasks
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C) have appeared in the swan-neck but not the straight-neck flask
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D) have appeared in the straight-neck but not the swan-
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neck flask Answer: Bma ma ma
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6) Spontaneous generation ma ma .
A) was demonstrated to occur under normal laboratory conditions by Pasteur
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B) apparently occurred at least once–when life on Earth began
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C) occurs every time a new species evolves from a preexisting species
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D) addresses the formation of new cells from existing cell
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s Answer: B
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7) Recall Pasteur’s experiment on spontaneous generation. What would the expected result
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s have been if Pasteur’s swan-neck experiment hypothesis were incorrect?
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A) Cells would not have appeared in either flask.
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B) Cells would have appeared in both flasks.
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C) Cells would have appeared in the swan-neck but not the straight-neck flask.
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D) Cells would have appeared in the straight-neck but not the swan-
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neck flask. Answer: Bma ma ma
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8) Algae in the genus Caulerpa typically grow to a length of over half a meter and have structure
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similar to stems, leaves, and roots. Reproduction occurs when adults produce sperm and eg
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gs that fuse to form offspring. Each adult Caulerpa consists of just a single cell, however. Wh
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ich of the following statements is TRUE?
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A) Caulerpa violate the pattern component of the cell theory that all organisms consist
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B) Caulerpa violate the process component of the cell theory that all cells come fro
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m preexisting cells.
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