SLCC BIOLOGY 1090 UNIT 1 EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
What is the name for the ability of living things to maintain a relatively constant
internal environment?
Answer:
Homeostasis
Question:
Eliminate as many alternative hypotheses as possible
Answer:
Using both a treatment and a control group
Question:
Eliminate the possibility of bias
Answer:
"Blinding" both the researcher and the participants
Question:
Assure that the sampled group represents the population as a whole
Answer:
Using groups as large as possible
Question:
A well stated ___ allows a researcher to make a/an ____ which can then be tested.
Answer:
Hypothesis/Prediction
Question:
In the classification of living organisms, what level of organization is the group called
Archaea?
Answer:
Domain
Question:
Each of the following is a feature of all known living things EXCEPT
Answer:
Genes made from proteins
Question:
Celebrities Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey are big proponents of anti-vaccination
claiming that it causes autism in children. Their testimonial in news media is a classic
example of ___________.
Answer:
Anecdotal evidence.
, Question:
Which of the following could describe the contents of a prokaryotic cell?
Answer:
Plasma membrane, ribosome
Question:
Rabbits, turtles, fish, humans, and whales all share certain characteristics but also
differ from each other. One of the characteristics (among others) that all of these
particular organisms share is the fact that they all have a backbone. What level(s) of
classification do all of these organisms share?
Answer:
They all belong to the animal kingdom They all belong to the phylum Chordata They all
belong to the domain Eukarya
Question:
Which of the following is an example of a process that yields anecdotal evidence rather
than scientific evidence?
Answer:
Short stories from a personal history
Question:
What kind of cells are humans composed of?
Answer:
Eukaryotic
Question:
Which of the following macromolecules is/are best demonstrated by all of the following
descriptions?
• Can be broken down and components utilized in aerobic respiration
• Organic molecule derived primarily of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
• Monomers are called amino acids
• The sequence of its monomers, and thus its final shape, is determined by genes
Answer:
Proteins
Question:
Water is cohesive because
Answer:
Two water molecules are attracted to each other with hydrogen bonds
Question:
The important elements for life include carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and
phosphorus. Which of these is the most prevalent in the biomolecules because it forms
the "backbone" of these molecules?
Answer:
carbon
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
What is the name for the ability of living things to maintain a relatively constant
internal environment?
Answer:
Homeostasis
Question:
Eliminate as many alternative hypotheses as possible
Answer:
Using both a treatment and a control group
Question:
Eliminate the possibility of bias
Answer:
"Blinding" both the researcher and the participants
Question:
Assure that the sampled group represents the population as a whole
Answer:
Using groups as large as possible
Question:
A well stated ___ allows a researcher to make a/an ____ which can then be tested.
Answer:
Hypothesis/Prediction
Question:
In the classification of living organisms, what level of organization is the group called
Archaea?
Answer:
Domain
Question:
Each of the following is a feature of all known living things EXCEPT
Answer:
Genes made from proteins
Question:
Celebrities Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey are big proponents of anti-vaccination
claiming that it causes autism in children. Their testimonial in news media is a classic
example of ___________.
Answer:
Anecdotal evidence.
, Question:
Which of the following could describe the contents of a prokaryotic cell?
Answer:
Plasma membrane, ribosome
Question:
Rabbits, turtles, fish, humans, and whales all share certain characteristics but also
differ from each other. One of the characteristics (among others) that all of these
particular organisms share is the fact that they all have a backbone. What level(s) of
classification do all of these organisms share?
Answer:
They all belong to the animal kingdom They all belong to the phylum Chordata They all
belong to the domain Eukarya
Question:
Which of the following is an example of a process that yields anecdotal evidence rather
than scientific evidence?
Answer:
Short stories from a personal history
Question:
What kind of cells are humans composed of?
Answer:
Eukaryotic
Question:
Which of the following macromolecules is/are best demonstrated by all of the following
descriptions?
• Can be broken down and components utilized in aerobic respiration
• Organic molecule derived primarily of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
• Monomers are called amino acids
• The sequence of its monomers, and thus its final shape, is determined by genes
Answer:
Proteins
Question:
Water is cohesive because
Answer:
Two water molecules are attracted to each other with hydrogen bonds
Question:
The important elements for life include carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and
phosphorus. Which of these is the most prevalent in the biomolecules because it forms
the "backbone" of these molecules?
Answer:
carbon