SLCC Biology 1090 Unit 1 Exam Questions With Answers
Complete Solutions
What is the name for the ability of living things to maintain a relatively constant internal
environment? - ANS ✔ - Homeostasis
Eliminate as many alternative hypotheses as possible - ANS ✔ - Using both a treatment and a control
group
Eliminate the possibility of bias - ANS ✔ - "Blinding" both the researcher and the participants
Assure that the sampled group represents the population as a whole - ANS ✔ - Using groups as large
as possible
A well stated ___ allows a researcher to make a/an ____ which can then be tested. - ANS ✔ -
Hypothesis/Prediction
In the classification of living organisms, what level of organization is the group called Archaea? - ANS
✔ - Domain
Each of the following is a feature of all known living things EXCEPT - ANS ✔ - Genes made from
proteins
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 ___________. -
ANS ✔ - Anecdotal evidence.
Which of the following could describe the contents of a prokaryotic cell? - ANS ✔ - Plasma
membrane, ribosome
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
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, fact that they all have a backbone. What level(s) of classification do all of these organisms share? -
ANS ✔ - They all belong to the animal kingdom
They all belong to the phylum Chordata
They all belong to the domain Eukarya
Which of the following is an example of a process that yields anecdotal evidence rather than
scientific evidence? - ANS ✔ - Short stories from a personal history
What kind of cells are humans composed of? - ANS ✔ - Eukaryotic
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 - ANS ✔ - Proteins
Water is cohesive because - ANS ✔ - Two water molecules are attracted to each other with hydrogen
bonds
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? - ANS ✔ - carbon
An organic compound always contains one or more atoms of ____________. - ANS ✔ - Carbon
The process of capturing solar energy and carbon dioxide to produce biological molecules is done by
- ANS ✔ - autotrophs
Atoms are "happy" and thus most stable when - ANS ✔ - The outer electron shell is full
The number of protons and electrons are equal
What is the name of a molecule composed of one or more amino acids? - ANS ✔ - polypeptide
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Complete Solutions
What is the name for the ability of living things to maintain a relatively constant internal
environment? - ANS ✔ - Homeostasis
Eliminate as many alternative hypotheses as possible - ANS ✔ - Using both a treatment and a control
group
Eliminate the possibility of bias - ANS ✔ - "Blinding" both the researcher and the participants
Assure that the sampled group represents the population as a whole - ANS ✔ - Using groups as large
as possible
A well stated ___ allows a researcher to make a/an ____ which can then be tested. - ANS ✔ -
Hypothesis/Prediction
In the classification of living organisms, what level of organization is the group called Archaea? - ANS
✔ - Domain
Each of the following is a feature of all known living things EXCEPT - ANS ✔ - Genes made from
proteins
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 ___________. -
ANS ✔ - Anecdotal evidence.
Which of the following could describe the contents of a prokaryotic cell? - ANS ✔ - Plasma
membrane, ribosome
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
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, fact that they all have a backbone. What level(s) of classification do all of these organisms share? -
ANS ✔ - They all belong to the animal kingdom
They all belong to the phylum Chordata
They all belong to the domain Eukarya
Which of the following is an example of a process that yields anecdotal evidence rather than
scientific evidence? - ANS ✔ - Short stories from a personal history
What kind of cells are humans composed of? - ANS ✔ - Eukaryotic
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 - ANS ✔ - Proteins
Water is cohesive because - ANS ✔ - Two water molecules are attracted to each other with hydrogen
bonds
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? - ANS ✔ - carbon
An organic compound always contains one or more atoms of ____________. - ANS ✔ - Carbon
The process of capturing solar energy and carbon dioxide to produce biological molecules is done by
- ANS ✔ - autotrophs
Atoms are "happy" and thus most stable when - ANS ✔ - The outer electron shell is full
The number of protons and electrons are equal
What is the name of a molecule composed of one or more amino acids? - ANS ✔ - polypeptide
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