Biology 1406 exam 1 simcik chapters
1-5 questions with correct answers
evolution - correct answer ✔✔ The fundamental organizing principle of biology and core theme
is _ _________.
genes - correct answer ✔✔ The units of inheritance are called __________.
The information in DNA is transcribed to RNA and then translated into protein - correct answer
✔✔ How is the information encoded in DNA actually used by organisms?
chemical cycling from light energy from the sun for the production of chemical energy in food to
the decomposition and the returning of chemicals to the cycle - correct answer ✔✔ The use of
energy by living organisms involves __________.
feedback regulation - correct answer ✔✔ regulation of molecules within an organism in
response to a changing level of chemicals and the ability to self-regulate is called __________.
some conceivable observation or experiment could reveal whether a given hypothesis is
incorrect - correct answer ✔✔ A hypothesis must be testable and falsifiable to be scientifically
valid. Being testable and falsifiable means that __________.
the sun - correct answer ✔✔ The energy used by most organisms for metabolism and growth
ultimately comes from __________.
DNA - correct answer ✔✔ What is the molecule that can account for both the unity and the
diversity of life?
,reductionism - correct answer ✔✔ Some properties and processes that are associated with life
include all of the following except _____________.
A. growth & development B. reductionism C. energy D. order E. reproduction
gene expression - correct answer ✔✔ The process that directs the manufacture of a cell product
from a gene is called __________.
control - correct answer ✔✔ Using models that represented camouflaged and non-camouflaged
mice, Hoekstra and her students tested the hypothesis that coloration of beach and inland mice
provides camouflage that protects them from predation.
Regardless of whether the models were placed in the beach or the inland habitat, the
camouflaged model always acted as the __________ group.
grow plants with and without sodium - correct answer ✔✔ The best method for determining
whether bean plants require sodium is to __________.
prokaryotic and eurkaryotic - correct answer ✔✔ The two main forms of cells are __________
cells.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts - correct answer ✔✔ What best describes what
is meant by "emergence"?
population - correct answer ✔✔ Natural selection tends to act at which level?
negative feedback where the pathway shuts down and positive feedback where the pathway
speeds up - correct answer ✔✔ Feedback regulation includes __________.
, poulation - correct answer ✔✔ What is the appropriate term for an interacting group of
individuals of a single type occupying a defined area?
DNA; chromosomes - correct answer ✔✔ The genetic material within cells is called __________
and is organized into structures called __________.
allows us to reduce complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to
study - correct answer ✔✔ In the theme of biological organization, the approach called
reductionism __________.
charles darwin - correct answer ✔✔ The concept of "descent with modification" was proposed
by __________.
a well supported concept that has broad explanatory power - correct answer ✔✔ A scientific
theory is __________.
bacteria, archaea, and eukarya - correct answer ✔✔ The three domains of life __________.
descent from a common ancestor; adaptation through natural selection - correct answer ✔✔
With evolution as the core theme of biology, we can explain traits shared by organisms as
evidence of __________ and traits that differ among organisms as evidence of __________.
cell or atom - correct answer ✔✔ What is the smallest unit of organization that can perform all
activities required for life?
a 3D space where an electron spends most of its time with no more than 1 other electron,
forming a pair - correct answer ✔✔ Orbitals are best described as __________.
hydrogen oxygen nitrogen carbon - correct answer ✔✔ What are the four most abundant
elements found in living systems?
1-5 questions with correct answers
evolution - correct answer ✔✔ The fundamental organizing principle of biology and core theme
is _ _________.
genes - correct answer ✔✔ The units of inheritance are called __________.
The information in DNA is transcribed to RNA and then translated into protein - correct answer
✔✔ How is the information encoded in DNA actually used by organisms?
chemical cycling from light energy from the sun for the production of chemical energy in food to
the decomposition and the returning of chemicals to the cycle - correct answer ✔✔ The use of
energy by living organisms involves __________.
feedback regulation - correct answer ✔✔ regulation of molecules within an organism in
response to a changing level of chemicals and the ability to self-regulate is called __________.
some conceivable observation or experiment could reveal whether a given hypothesis is
incorrect - correct answer ✔✔ A hypothesis must be testable and falsifiable to be scientifically
valid. Being testable and falsifiable means that __________.
the sun - correct answer ✔✔ The energy used by most organisms for metabolism and growth
ultimately comes from __________.
DNA - correct answer ✔✔ What is the molecule that can account for both the unity and the
diversity of life?
,reductionism - correct answer ✔✔ Some properties and processes that are associated with life
include all of the following except _____________.
A. growth & development B. reductionism C. energy D. order E. reproduction
gene expression - correct answer ✔✔ The process that directs the manufacture of a cell product
from a gene is called __________.
control - correct answer ✔✔ Using models that represented camouflaged and non-camouflaged
mice, Hoekstra and her students tested the hypothesis that coloration of beach and inland mice
provides camouflage that protects them from predation.
Regardless of whether the models were placed in the beach or the inland habitat, the
camouflaged model always acted as the __________ group.
grow plants with and without sodium - correct answer ✔✔ The best method for determining
whether bean plants require sodium is to __________.
prokaryotic and eurkaryotic - correct answer ✔✔ The two main forms of cells are __________
cells.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts - correct answer ✔✔ What best describes what
is meant by "emergence"?
population - correct answer ✔✔ Natural selection tends to act at which level?
negative feedback where the pathway shuts down and positive feedback where the pathway
speeds up - correct answer ✔✔ Feedback regulation includes __________.
, poulation - correct answer ✔✔ What is the appropriate term for an interacting group of
individuals of a single type occupying a defined area?
DNA; chromosomes - correct answer ✔✔ The genetic material within cells is called __________
and is organized into structures called __________.
allows us to reduce complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to
study - correct answer ✔✔ In the theme of biological organization, the approach called
reductionism __________.
charles darwin - correct answer ✔✔ The concept of "descent with modification" was proposed
by __________.
a well supported concept that has broad explanatory power - correct answer ✔✔ A scientific
theory is __________.
bacteria, archaea, and eukarya - correct answer ✔✔ The three domains of life __________.
descent from a common ancestor; adaptation through natural selection - correct answer ✔✔
With evolution as the core theme of biology, we can explain traits shared by organisms as
evidence of __________ and traits that differ among organisms as evidence of __________.
cell or atom - correct answer ✔✔ What is the smallest unit of organization that can perform all
activities required for life?
a 3D space where an electron spends most of its time with no more than 1 other electron,
forming a pair - correct answer ✔✔ Orbitals are best described as __________.
hydrogen oxygen nitrogen carbon - correct answer ✔✔ What are the four most abundant
elements found in living systems?
