Geology 101 Exam 1 (Hudson- BYU) 140
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Which two properties of water make it possible for plants to transport water
from their roots all the way to their highest leaves?
✓ adhesion, cohesion
Which was the first space-based telescope launched into orbit by the United
States?
✓ Hubble
Choose all of the true statements about antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus
aureus.
✓ The bacterium's survival is favored only when antibiotics are present in its
environment., It has peptidoglycan in its cell wall.
A protobiont is the name assigned to the first type of living organism.
✓ False
Which two atmospheric gases made drastic changes during the earth's geologic
history?
✓ carbon dioxide, oxygen
Select all of the components you would need to make a DNA molecule.
, ✓ phosphate, guanine
What characteristics of an exoplanet might increase its chances of possessing
some form of life (NOTE: there could be one OR more correct answers on this
one)?
✓ its distance from the star around which it orbits, its size
Choose all of the organisms below that would be a member of the Domain
Eukarya:
✓ human, plant, yeast
The rover that landed on Mars on 2012 as part of NASA's Mars Science
Laboratory mission was named ________ .
✓ Curiosity
This describes the attraction of water molecules to charged external surfaces.
✓ adhesion
This property of water is the reason perspiration is effective.
✓ heat capacity
Because of water's high ___________, it resists changes in its temperature.
✓ heat capacity
This property declines from the point where water reaches 4 degrees Celsius
and when it freezes.
✓ density
Questions with 100% Correct Answers |
Verified | Latest Update 2025
Which two properties of water make it possible for plants to transport water
from their roots all the way to their highest leaves?
✓ adhesion, cohesion
Which was the first space-based telescope launched into orbit by the United
States?
✓ Hubble
Choose all of the true statements about antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus
aureus.
✓ The bacterium's survival is favored only when antibiotics are present in its
environment., It has peptidoglycan in its cell wall.
A protobiont is the name assigned to the first type of living organism.
✓ False
Which two atmospheric gases made drastic changes during the earth's geologic
history?
✓ carbon dioxide, oxygen
Select all of the components you would need to make a DNA molecule.
, ✓ phosphate, guanine
What characteristics of an exoplanet might increase its chances of possessing
some form of life (NOTE: there could be one OR more correct answers on this
one)?
✓ its distance from the star around which it orbits, its size
Choose all of the organisms below that would be a member of the Domain
Eukarya:
✓ human, plant, yeast
The rover that landed on Mars on 2012 as part of NASA's Mars Science
Laboratory mission was named ________ .
✓ Curiosity
This describes the attraction of water molecules to charged external surfaces.
✓ adhesion
This property of water is the reason perspiration is effective.
✓ heat capacity
Because of water's high ___________, it resists changes in its temperature.
✓ heat capacity
This property declines from the point where water reaches 4 degrees Celsius
and when it freezes.
✓ density
