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TEST BANK
CAMPELL BIOLOGY

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,1. Chapter 1 Evolution, The Themes Of Biology, And Scientific Inquiry

This Introductory Chapter Explores The Basic Themes And Concepts Of Biology, With Emphasis
On The Core Theme Of Evolution. It Also Introduces Students To The Thinking Of Scientists.
Questions Are Therefore General; However, An Effort Has Been Made To Include Some From Each
Skill Level. As In The Rest Of This Test Bank, Questions That Feature Art Or Those For Which Several
Questions Follow Upon Somedata Or A Scenario Are Placed Together At The End Of The Chapter.

Multiple-Choice Questions

1) A Localized Group Of Organisms That Belong To The Same Species Is Called A
A) Biosystem.
B) Community.
C) Population.
D) Ecosystem.
E) Family
. Answer:C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

2) Organisms Interact With Their Environments, Exchanging Matter And Energy.
For Example, Plant Chloroplasts Convert The Energy Of Sunlight Into
A) The Energy Of Motion.
B) Carbon Dioxide And Water.
C) The Potential Energy Of Chemical Bonds.
D) Oxygen.
E) Kinetic
Energy.
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

3) The Main Source Of Energy For Producers In An Ecosystem Is
A) Light Energy.
B) Kinetic Energy.
C) Thermal Energy.
D) Chemical Energy.
E) Atp.
Answer:
A
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

,4) Which Of The Following Types Of Cells Utilize Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Dna) As
Their Geneticmaterial But Do Not Have Their Dna Encased Within A Nuclear
Envelope?
A) Animal
B) Plant
C) Archaea
D) Fungi
E) Protists
Answer:
C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis

5) To Understand The Chemical Basis Of Inheritance, We Must Understand The
Molecular Structure Of Dna. This Is An Example Of The Application Of Which Concept
To The Study Ofbiology?
A) Evolution
B) Emergent Properties
C) Reductionism
D) The Cell Theory
E) Feedback
Regulation Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis

6) Once Labor Begins In Childbirth, Contractions Increase In Intensity And Frequency
Until Delivery. The Increasing Labor Contractions Of Childbirth Are An Example Of
Which Type Of Regulation?
A) A Bioinformatic System
B) Positive Feedback
C) Negative Feedback
D) Feedback Inhibition
E) Enzymatic
Catalysis Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis

7) When The Bodyʹs Blood Glucose Level Rises, The Pancreas Secretes Insulin And, As A
Result, The Blood Glucose Level Declines. When The Blood Glucose Level Is Low, The
Pancreas Secretes Glucagon And, As A Result, The Blood Glucose Level Rises. Such
Regulation Of The Blood Glucose Level Is The Result Of
A) Catalytic Feedback.
B) Positive Feedback.
C) Negative Feedback.
D) Bioinformatic Regulation.
E) Protein-Protein Interactions.
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis

, 8) Which Branch Of Biology Is Concerned With The Naming And Classifying Of Organisms?
A) Informatics
B) Schematic Biology
C) Taxonomy
D) Genomics
E) Evolutio
n Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

9) Prokaryotic And Eukaryotic Cells Generally Have Which Of The Following
Features In Common?
A) A Membrane-Bounded Nucleus
B) A Cell Wall Made Of Cellulose
C) Ribosomes
D) Flagella Or Cilia That Contain Microtubules
E) Linear Chromosomes Made Of Dna And
Protein Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

10) Prokaryotes Are Classified As Belonging To Two Different Domains. What Are The Domains?
A) Bacteria And Eukarya
B) Archaea And Monera
C) Eukarya And Monera
D) Bacteria And Protista
E) Bacteria And
Archaea Answer: E
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

11) Global Warming, As Demonstrated By Observations Such As Melting Of Glaciers,
Increasing Co2 Levels, And Increasing Average Ambient Temperatures, Has Already Had
Many Effects On Living Organisms. Which Of The Following Might Best Offer A Solution
To This Problem?
A) Continue To Measure These And Other Parameters Of The Problem.
B) Increase The Abilities Of Animals To Migrate To More Suitable Habitats.
C) Do Nothing; Nature Will Attain Its Own Balance.
D) Limit The Burning Of Fossil Fuels And Regulate Our Loss Of Forested Areas.
E) Recycle As Much As
Possible. Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Synthesis/Evaluation

,12) A Water Sample From A Hot Thermal Vent Contained A Single-Celled Organism That
Had A Cell Wall But Lacked A Nucleus. What Is Its Most Likely Classification?
A) Eukarya
B) Archaea
C) Animalia
D) Protista
E) Fungi
Answer:
B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis

13) A Filamentous Organism Has Been Isolated From Decomposing Organic Matter. This
Organism Has A Cell Wall But No Chloroplasts. How Would You Classify This
Organism?
A) Domain Bacteria, Kingdom Prokaryote
B) Domain Archaea, Kingdom Bacteria
C) Domain Eukarya, Kingdom Plantae
D) Domain Eukarya, Kingdom Protista
E) Domain Eukarya, Kingdom
Fungi Answer: E
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis

14) Which Of These Provides Evidence Of The Common Ancestry Of All Life?
A) Ubiquitous Use Of Catalysts By Living Systems
B) Near Universality Of The Genetic Code
C) Structure Of The Nucleus
D) Structure Of Cilia
E) Structure Of
Chloroplasts Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis

15) Which Of The Following Is (Are) True Of Natural Selection?
A) It Requires Genetic Variation.
B) It Results In Descent With Modification.
C) It Involves Differential Reproductive Success.
D) It Results In Descent With Modification And Involves Differential
Reproductive Success.
E) It Requires Genetic Variation, Results In Descent With Modification, And
Involves Differential Reproductive Success.
Answer: E
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

,16) Charles Darwin Proposed A Mechanism For Descent With Modification That Stated
That Organisms Of A Particular Species Are Adapted To Their Environment When
They Possess
A) Non-Inheritable Traits That Enhance Their Survival In The Local Environment.
B) Non-Inheritable Traits That Enhance Their Reproductive Success In The
Local Environment.
C) Non-Inheritable Traits That Enhance Their Survival And Reproductive Success In
The Local Environment.
D) Inheritable Traits That Enhance Their Survival And Reproductive Success In The
Local Environment.
E) Inheritable Traits That Decrease Their Survival And Reproductive Success In The
Local Environment.
Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

17) Which Of These Individuals Is Likely To Be Most Successful In An Evolutionary Sense?
A) A Reproductively Sterile Individual Who Never Falls Ill
B) An Organism That Dies After Five Days Of Life But Leaves 10 Offspring, All Of
Whom Survive To Reproduce
C) A Male Who Mates With 20 Females And Fathers One Offspring
D) An Organism That Lives 100 Years And Leaves Two Offspring, Both Of Whom
Survive To Reproduce
E) A Female Who Mates With 20 Males And Produces One Offspring That
Lives To Reproduce
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis

18) In A Hypothetical World, Every 50 Years People Over 6 Feet Tall Are Eliminated From
The Population Before They Reproduce. Based On Your Knowledge Of Natural
Selection, You Would Predict That The Average Height Of The Human Population
Will
A) Remain Unchanged.
B) Gradually Decline.
C) Rapidly Decline.
D) Gradually Increase.
E) Rapidly
Increase.
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis

19) Through Time, The Lineage That Led To Modern Whales Shows A Change From Four -
Limbed Land Animals To Aquatic Animals With Two Limbs That Function As Flippers.
This Change Is Best Explained By
A) Natural Philosophy.
B) Creationism.
C) The Hierarchy Of The Biological Organization Of Life.
D) Natural Selection.
E) Feedback
Inhibition. Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis

,20) What Is The Major Difference Between A Kingdom And A Domain?
A) A Kingdom Can Include Several Subgroups Known As Domains.
B) All Eukarya Belong To One Domain.
C) All Prokaryotes Belong To One Domain.
D) The Importance Of Fungi Has Led Scientists To Make Them The Whole Of One Domain.
E) Only Organisms That Produce Their Own Food Belong To One Of The
ANSWER: Domains. B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

21) Which Of The Following Best Describes What Occurred After The Publication
Of Charlesdarwinʹs On The Origin Of Species?
A) The Book Received Little Attention Except From A Small Scientific Community.
B) The Book Was Banned From Schools.
C) The Book Was Widely Discussed And Disseminated.
D) The Bookʹs Authorship Was Disputed.
E) The Book Was Discredited By Most
ANSWER: Scientists. C
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

22) Why Is Darwin Considered Original In His Thinking?
A) He Provided Examples Of Organisms That Had Evolved Over Time.
B) He Demonstrated That Evolution Is Continuing To Occur Now.
C) He Described The Relationship Between Genes And Evolution.
D) He Proposed The Mechanism That Explained How Evolution Takes Place.
E) He Observed That Organisms Produce Large Numbers Of
ANSWER: Offspring. D
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

23) Darwinʹs Finches, Collected From The Galápagos Islands, Illustrate Which Of The Following?
A) Mutation Frequency
B) Ancestors From Different Regions
C) Adaptive Radiation
D) Vestigial Anatomic Structures
E) The Accuracy Of The Fossil
ANSWER: Record C
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

24) Which Of The Following Categories Of Organisms Is Least Likely To Be Revised?
A) Kingdom
B) Class
C) Order
D) Phylum
E) Species
ANSWER:
E
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Synthesis/Evaluation

, 25) What Is The Major Distinguishing Characteristic Of Fungi?
A) Gaining Nutrition Through Ingestion
B) Being Sedentary
C) Being Prokaryotic
D) Absorbing Dissolved Nutrients
E) Being Decomposers Of Dead
Organisms Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

26) What Are Archaea?
A) Prokaryotes Characterized As Extremophiles That Share Some Bacterial And
Some Eukaryotic Traits.
B) Organisms That Are Adapted To High Temperature Environments, Such As In
Volcanic Springs.
C) Single-Celled Organisms That Are Killed By The Application Of Antibiotics At
Certain Concentrations.
D) Bacteria-Like Organisms That Can Live Only In Extreme Salt Environments.
E) Primitive Protist-Like Creatures Possessing Fewer Than Two Chromosomes Per
Cell. Answer: A
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

27) According To Darwinian Theory, Which Of The Following Exhibits The Greatest
Fitness Forevolutionary Success?
A) The Species With The Longest Life
B) The Individuals Within A Population That Have The Greatest Reproductive Success
C) The Phylum With Members That Occupy The Greatest Number Of Habitats
D) The Community Of Organisms That Is Capable Of Living In The Most Nutrient -
Poor Biome
E) The Organism That Produces Its Own Nutrients Most
Efficiently Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

28) Similarities And Differences Among/Between Life-Forms Over Time Are Most
Efficiently Recorded By Scientists In Which Field(S) Of Study?
A) Paleontology
B) Paleontology And Anatomy
C) Paleontology, Anatomy, And Taxonomy
D) Paleontology, Anatomy, Taxonomy, And Genetics
E) Paleontology, Anatomy, Taxonomy, Genetics, And
Ecology Answer: E
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Synthesis/Evaluation

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