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Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections
Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, & Kelly A. Hogan
8th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Biology Exploring Life 1
Chapter 2 The Chemical Basis of Life 20
Chapter 3 The Molecules of Cells 42
Chapter 4 A Tour of the Cell 68
Chapter 5 The Working Cell 95
Chapter 6 How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy 120
Chapter 7 Photosynthesis Using Light to Make Food 144
Chapter 8 The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance 168
Chapter 9 Patterns of Inheritance 191
Chapter 10 Molecular Biology of the Gene 216
Chapter 11 How Genes Are Controlled 242
Chapter 12 DNA Technology and Genomics 268
Chapter 13 How Populations Evolve 296
Chapter 14 The Origin of Species 318
Chapter 15 Tracing Evolutionary History 339
Chapter 16 Microbial Life Prokaryotes and Protists 365
Chapter 17 The Evolution of Plant and Fungal Diversity 389
Chapter 18 The Evolution of Invertebrate Diversity 413
Chapter 19 The Evolution of Vertebrate Diversity 436
Chapter 20 Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function 460
Chapter 21 Nutrition and Digestion 479
Chapter 22 Gas Exchange 509
Chapter 23 Circulation 531
Chapter 24 The Immune System 557
Chapter 25 Control of Body Temperature and Water Balance 580
Chapter 26 Hormones and the Endocrine System 600
Chapter 27 Reproduction and Embryonic Development 620
Chapter 28 Nervous Systems 647
Chapter 29 The Senses 669
Chapter 30 How Animals Move 688
Chapter 31 Plant Structure, Growth, and Reproduction 711
Chapter 32 Plant Nutrition and Transport 737
Chapter 33 Control Systems in Plants 756
Chapter 34 The Biosphere An Introduction to Earth's Diverse Environments 773
Chapter 35 Behavioral Adaptations to the Environment 792
Chapter 36 Population Ecology 810
Chapter 37 Communities and Ecosystems 827
Chapter 38 Conservation Biology 847
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Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections, 8e (Reece et al.)
Chapter 1 Biology: Exploring Life
1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Which of the following statements about the properties of life is false?
A) Organisms have the ability to take in energy and use it.
B) Organisms have the ability to respond to stimuli from the environment.
C) Organisms have the ability to reproduce.
D) Organisms have an unchanging, constant internal environment
Answer: D
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.2
2) Life is organized in a hierarchical fashion. Which of the following sequences correctly lists
that hierarchy from least inclusive to most inclusive?
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A) ecosystem, population, organ system, cell, community, molecule, organ, organism, organelle,
tissue
B) cell, molecule, organ system, organ, organelle, population, tissue, organism, ecosystem,
community
C) molecule, cell, organism, organ system, tissue, population, organ, organelle, community,
ecosystem
D) molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community,
ecosystem
Answer: D
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.3
Global LO: 2
3) What is the difference between a tissue and an organ system?
A) The tissue level of organization is more inclusive than the organ system level.
B) Tissues are not composed of cells; organ systems are composed of cells.
C) A tissue cannot exist unless it is a component of an organ system, whereas an organ system
can exist independently of tissues.
D) An organ system includes tissues.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.3
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4) The tree in your backyard is home to two cardinals, a colony of ants, a wasp's nest, two
squirrels, and millions of bacteria. Together, all of these organisms represent
A) a species.
B) a community.
C) a population.
D) an ecosystem.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.3
Global LO: 2
5) If you eat a hamburger, you are mainly eating ground-up beef muscle. What levels of
organization are represented in this ground-up muscle?
A) organism, population, and community
B) organ, organ system, and organism
C) organelle, cell, and tissue
D) tissue, organ, and organ system
W W W . T B S M . W S
Answer: C
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.3
Global LO: 2
6) Which of the following statements regarding a common cellular activity is false?
A) Cells respond to the environment.
B) Cells develop and maintain complex organization.
C) Cells regulate their internal environment.
D) New cells are derived from cellular components like organelles.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.3
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.2
7) Your instructor asks you to look into your microscope to see a prokaryotic cell. You will be
looking for a cell that
A) has a nucleus.
B) has a membrane.
C) makes up most of the tissues of your body.
D) is much larger than most cells in your body.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.3
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.3
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8) Which of the following statements about ecosystems is false?
A) Bacteria and fungi recycle energy within an ecosystem.
B) Plants and other photosynthetic organisms are producers in ecosystems.
C) Chemical nutrients cycle within an ecosystem.
D) In the process of energy conversions within an ecosystem, some energy is converted to heat.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.4
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.3
9) In an ecosystem, energy
A) cycles along with chemical nutrients.
B) typically flows from consumers to producers to decomposers.
C) typically flows from producers through a series of consumers.
D) comes ultimately from bacteria.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.4
W W W . T B S M . W S
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.4
10) Which of the following statements about genetics is true?
A) Genes are proteins that produce DNA.
B) DNA is made up of six different kinds of nucleotides.
C) Differences among organisms reflect different nucleotide sequences in their DNA.
D) Each DNA molecule is a single strand of nucleotides.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
11) Organisms that are prokaryotes are in the domains
A) Bacteria and Archaea.
B) Plantae and Animalia.
C) Eukarya and Archaea.
D) Fungi and Bacteria.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
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12) Which of the following statements about the domain Bacteria is true?
A) Archaea belong to this domain.
B) All bacteria have a membrane-bound nucleus.
C) All bacteria are multicellular organisms.
D) All bacteria lack a nucleus.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
13) Members of the kingdom Animalia
A) can obtain their food either by absorption or by photosynthesis.
B) are composed of cells that lack a cell membrane.
C) can obtain their food by eating other organisms.
D) make their own food through photosynthesis.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.6
W W W . T B S M . W S
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
14) Kingdom Fungi includes species
A) such as mushrooms and plants.
B) that obtain food by ingestion.
C) that use photosynthesis to obtain food.
D) that obtain food by decomposing dead organisms and absorbing the nutrients.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
15) Which of the following is a kingdom within the domain Eukarya?
A) Viruses
B) Fungi
C) Archaea
D) Bacteria
Answer: B
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
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16) Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae
A) are photosynthetic.
B) obtain food by decomposing the remains of dead organisms and absorbing the nutrients.
C) are unicellular and lack a nucleus.
D) are multicellular and lack a nucleus.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
17) The teeth of grain-eating animals (such as horses) are usually broad and ridged. This makes
the teeth suitable for grinding and chewing. Meat-eating animals (such as lions) have pointed
teeth that are good for puncturing and ripping flesh. This illustrates
A) a result of natural selection only.
B) the connection between form and function only.
C) a food web.
D) a result of natural selection as well as the connection between form and function.
W W W . T B S M . W S
Answer: D
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.5
Global LO: 2
18) Which of the following statements is not consistent with Darwin's theory of natural
selection?
A) Individuals in a population exhibit variations, some of which are passed from parents to
offspring.
B) Individual organisms experience genetic change during their life spans to better fit their
environment.
C) Factors in the environment result in some organisms having better reproductive success than
others.
D) Natural selection can lead to the appearance of new species.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
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19) An antibiotic kills 99.9% of a bacterial population. You would expect the next generation of
bacteria
A) to be just as susceptible to that antibiotic as was the previous generation.
B) to be more resistant to that antibiotic.
C) to die out due to the drastic decrease in population size.
D) to be more contagious than the prior generation.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.5
Global LO: 2
20) Which of the following statements about evolution is true?
A) Individuals evolve within the span of their own lifetimes.
B) Organisms evolve structures in response to needs.
C) Evolution is deliberate and purposeful.
D) Evolution can result in adaptations.
W W W . T B S M . W S
Answer: D
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
21) Consider the following statement: "If all vertebrates have backbones, and turtles are
vertebrates, then turtles have backbones." This statement is an example of
A) a hypothesis.
B) rationalization.
C) deductive reasoning.
D) inductive reasoning.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.8
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.6
Global LO: 1
22) A hypothesis is
A) the same as a theory.
B) a proposed explanation for a set of observations.
C) an explanatory idea that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence.
D) a widely accepted idea about a phenomenon.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.8
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.6
Global LO: 1
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Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections
Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, & Kelly A. Hogan
8th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Biology Exploring Life 1
Chapter 2 The Chemical Basis of Life 20
Chapter 3 The Molecules of Cells 42
Chapter 4 A Tour of the Cell 68
Chapter 5 The Working Cell 95
Chapter 6 How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy 120
Chapter 7 Photosynthesis Using Light to Make Food 144
Chapter 8 The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance 168
Chapter 9 Patterns of Inheritance 191
Chapter 10 Molecular Biology of the Gene 216
Chapter 11 How Genes Are Controlled 242
Chapter 12 DNA Technology and Genomics 268
Chapter 13 How Populations Evolve 296
Chapter 14 The Origin of Species 318
Chapter 15 Tracing Evolutionary History 339
Chapter 16 Microbial Life Prokaryotes and Protists 365
Chapter 17 The Evolution of Plant and Fungal Diversity 389
Chapter 18 The Evolution of Invertebrate Diversity 413
Chapter 19 The Evolution of Vertebrate Diversity 436
Chapter 20 Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function 460
Chapter 21 Nutrition and Digestion 479
Chapter 22 Gas Exchange 509
Chapter 23 Circulation 531
Chapter 24 The Immune System 557
Chapter 25 Control of Body Temperature and Water Balance 580
Chapter 26 Hormones and the Endocrine System 600
Chapter 27 Reproduction and Embryonic Development 620
Chapter 28 Nervous Systems 647
Chapter 29 The Senses 669
Chapter 30 How Animals Move 688
Chapter 31 Plant Structure, Growth, and Reproduction 711
Chapter 32 Plant Nutrition and Transport 737
Chapter 33 Control Systems in Plants 756
Chapter 34 The Biosphere An Introduction to Earth's Diverse Environments 773
Chapter 35 Behavioral Adaptations to the Environment 792
Chapter 36 Population Ecology 810
Chapter 37 Communities and Ecosystems 827
Chapter 38 Conservation Biology 847
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Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections, 8e (Reece et al.)
Chapter 1 Biology: Exploring Life
1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Which of the following statements about the properties of life is false?
A) Organisms have the ability to take in energy and use it.
B) Organisms have the ability to respond to stimuli from the environment.
C) Organisms have the ability to reproduce.
D) Organisms have an unchanging, constant internal environment
Answer: D
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.2
2) Life is organized in a hierarchical fashion. Which of the following sequences correctly lists
that hierarchy from least inclusive to most inclusive?
W W W . T B S M . W S
A) ecosystem, population, organ system, cell, community, molecule, organ, organism, organelle,
tissue
B) cell, molecule, organ system, organ, organelle, population, tissue, organism, ecosystem,
community
C) molecule, cell, organism, organ system, tissue, population, organ, organelle, community,
ecosystem
D) molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community,
ecosystem
Answer: D
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.3
Global LO: 2
3) What is the difference between a tissue and an organ system?
A) The tissue level of organization is more inclusive than the organ system level.
B) Tissues are not composed of cells; organ systems are composed of cells.
C) A tissue cannot exist unless it is a component of an organ system, whereas an organ system
can exist independently of tissues.
D) An organ system includes tissues.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.3
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4) The tree in your backyard is home to two cardinals, a colony of ants, a wasp's nest, two
squirrels, and millions of bacteria. Together, all of these organisms represent
A) a species.
B) a community.
C) a population.
D) an ecosystem.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.3
Global LO: 2
5) If you eat a hamburger, you are mainly eating ground-up beef muscle. What levels of
organization are represented in this ground-up muscle?
A) organism, population, and community
B) organ, organ system, and organism
C) organelle, cell, and tissue
D) tissue, organ, and organ system
W W W . T B S M . W S
Answer: C
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.3
Global LO: 2
6) Which of the following statements regarding a common cellular activity is false?
A) Cells respond to the environment.
B) Cells develop and maintain complex organization.
C) Cells regulate their internal environment.
D) New cells are derived from cellular components like organelles.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.3
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.2
7) Your instructor asks you to look into your microscope to see a prokaryotic cell. You will be
looking for a cell that
A) has a nucleus.
B) has a membrane.
C) makes up most of the tissues of your body.
D) is much larger than most cells in your body.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.3
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.3
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8) Which of the following statements about ecosystems is false?
A) Bacteria and fungi recycle energy within an ecosystem.
B) Plants and other photosynthetic organisms are producers in ecosystems.
C) Chemical nutrients cycle within an ecosystem.
D) In the process of energy conversions within an ecosystem, some energy is converted to heat.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.4
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.3
9) In an ecosystem, energy
A) cycles along with chemical nutrients.
B) typically flows from consumers to producers to decomposers.
C) typically flows from producers through a series of consumers.
D) comes ultimately from bacteria.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.4
W W W . T B S M . W S
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.4
10) Which of the following statements about genetics is true?
A) Genes are proteins that produce DNA.
B) DNA is made up of six different kinds of nucleotides.
C) Differences among organisms reflect different nucleotide sequences in their DNA.
D) Each DNA molecule is a single strand of nucleotides.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
11) Organisms that are prokaryotes are in the domains
A) Bacteria and Archaea.
B) Plantae and Animalia.
C) Eukarya and Archaea.
D) Fungi and Bacteria.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
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12) Which of the following statements about the domain Bacteria is true?
A) Archaea belong to this domain.
B) All bacteria have a membrane-bound nucleus.
C) All bacteria are multicellular organisms.
D) All bacteria lack a nucleus.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
13) Members of the kingdom Animalia
A) can obtain their food either by absorption or by photosynthesis.
B) are composed of cells that lack a cell membrane.
C) can obtain their food by eating other organisms.
D) make their own food through photosynthesis.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.6
W W W . T B S M . W S
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
14) Kingdom Fungi includes species
A) such as mushrooms and plants.
B) that obtain food by ingestion.
C) that use photosynthesis to obtain food.
D) that obtain food by decomposing dead organisms and absorbing the nutrients.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
15) Which of the following is a kingdom within the domain Eukarya?
A) Viruses
B) Fungi
C) Archaea
D) Bacteria
Answer: B
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
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16) Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae
A) are photosynthetic.
B) obtain food by decomposing the remains of dead organisms and absorbing the nutrients.
C) are unicellular and lack a nucleus.
D) are multicellular and lack a nucleus.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
17) The teeth of grain-eating animals (such as horses) are usually broad and ridged. This makes
the teeth suitable for grinding and chewing. Meat-eating animals (such as lions) have pointed
teeth that are good for puncturing and ripping flesh. This illustrates
A) a result of natural selection only.
B) the connection between form and function only.
C) a food web.
D) a result of natural selection as well as the connection between form and function.
W W W . T B S M . W S
Answer: D
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.5
Global LO: 2
18) Which of the following statements is not consistent with Darwin's theory of natural
selection?
A) Individuals in a population exhibit variations, some of which are passed from parents to
offspring.
B) Individual organisms experience genetic change during their life spans to better fit their
environment.
C) Factors in the environment result in some organisms having better reproductive success than
others.
D) Natural selection can lead to the appearance of new species.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
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19) An antibiotic kills 99.9% of a bacterial population. You would expect the next generation of
bacteria
A) to be just as susceptible to that antibiotic as was the previous generation.
B) to be more resistant to that antibiotic.
C) to die out due to the drastic decrease in population size.
D) to be more contagious than the prior generation.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Application/Analysis
Learning Outcome: 1.5
Global LO: 2
20) Which of the following statements about evolution is true?
A) Individuals evolve within the span of their own lifetimes.
B) Organisms evolve structures in response to needs.
C) Evolution is deliberate and purposeful.
D) Evolution can result in adaptations.
W W W . T B S M . W S
Answer: D
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.5
21) Consider the following statement: "If all vertebrates have backbones, and turtles are
vertebrates, then turtles have backbones." This statement is an example of
A) a hypothesis.
B) rationalization.
C) deductive reasoning.
D) inductive reasoning.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.8
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.6
Global LO: 1
22) A hypothesis is
A) the same as a theory.
B) a proposed explanation for a set of observations.
C) an explanatory idea that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence.
D) a widely accepted idea about a phenomenon.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.8
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.6
Global LO: 1
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