Biology 1406 Practice Test 1 Questions and Answers Rated A
evolutionary adaptation, chemical reactions and energy
Which of the following properties or processes do we
processing, detecting and responding to changes in the
associate with living things?
environment, growth and reproduction
Which of the following sequences represents the hierar-
molecule, cell, organ system, population, ecosystem, bios-
chy of biological organization from least to most complex
phere
level?
Which of the following sequences represent the hierarchy
ecosystem, community, organism, tissue, cell, organelle
of biological organization from most to least complex?
Which of the following is a term for a localized group of
population
organisms that belong to the same species?
A maple leaf is at which level in the heirachry of biological
organ
organization?
The lowest level of biological organization that can per-
cell
form all the activities required for life is the
Each deoxyribonucleic acid molecule is composed of two
Which of the following is true regarding deoxyribonucleic long chains of nucleotides arranged in a double helix.
acid (DNA)? DNA is an information storage molecule
Most of the DNA of the cell is located in the nucleus.
Which of the following statements concerning prokaryotic prokaryotic cells are structurally and functionally more
and eukaryotic cells is NOT correct? complex than eukaryotic cells
Which of the following, reflected in the phrase "the whole
is greater than the sum of its parts", is a consequence
emergent properties
of the organization and interaction among component
parts?
Through time, the lineage that led to modern whales
shows a change from four-limbed land animals to aquat-
evolution by natural selection
ic animals with two limbs that function as flippers. This
change is best explained by
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, Biology 1406 Practice Test 1 Questions and Answers Rated A
DNA is a macromolecule composed of building blocks
nucleotides
called
Complex carbohydrates are a macromolecule composed
simple sugars
of
Proteins are composed of building blocks called amino acids
Amino acids are to as are to nucleic
proteins; nucleotides
acids.
Which of the following best describes the synthesis of a
anabolism (required energy)
protein from amino acids?
the total of all the chemical reactions occurring in an
Metabolism is defined as:
organism
Which of the following types of macromolecules has the
proteins
greatest variety of functions in the cell?
Which of the following types of macromolecules is not
composed of building blocks joined together in a long lipids
chain and thus is not strictly speaking a polymer?
Asexual reproduction is to uniformity as sexual reproduc-
variation
tion is to .
Variation resulting from sexual reproduction has the
greatest implications for which of the following processes evolutionary change by natural selection
associated with life?
Which of the following types of macromolecules functions
nucleic acids
in information storage and retrieval in the cell?
Which of the following types of macromolecules functions
Fats and Carbohydrates
in energy storage in the cell?
A researcher discovers an organism that is not able to
a bacterium
reproduce sexually. This organism is likely to be:
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evolutionary adaptation, chemical reactions and energy
Which of the following properties or processes do we
processing, detecting and responding to changes in the
associate with living things?
environment, growth and reproduction
Which of the following sequences represents the hierar-
molecule, cell, organ system, population, ecosystem, bios-
chy of biological organization from least to most complex
phere
level?
Which of the following sequences represent the hierarchy
ecosystem, community, organism, tissue, cell, organelle
of biological organization from most to least complex?
Which of the following is a term for a localized group of
population
organisms that belong to the same species?
A maple leaf is at which level in the heirachry of biological
organ
organization?
The lowest level of biological organization that can per-
cell
form all the activities required for life is the
Each deoxyribonucleic acid molecule is composed of two
Which of the following is true regarding deoxyribonucleic long chains of nucleotides arranged in a double helix.
acid (DNA)? DNA is an information storage molecule
Most of the DNA of the cell is located in the nucleus.
Which of the following statements concerning prokaryotic prokaryotic cells are structurally and functionally more
and eukaryotic cells is NOT correct? complex than eukaryotic cells
Which of the following, reflected in the phrase "the whole
is greater than the sum of its parts", is a consequence
emergent properties
of the organization and interaction among component
parts?
Through time, the lineage that led to modern whales
shows a change from four-limbed land animals to aquat-
evolution by natural selection
ic animals with two limbs that function as flippers. This
change is best explained by
1/7
, Biology 1406 Practice Test 1 Questions and Answers Rated A
DNA is a macromolecule composed of building blocks
nucleotides
called
Complex carbohydrates are a macromolecule composed
simple sugars
of
Proteins are composed of building blocks called amino acids
Amino acids are to as are to nucleic
proteins; nucleotides
acids.
Which of the following best describes the synthesis of a
anabolism (required energy)
protein from amino acids?
the total of all the chemical reactions occurring in an
Metabolism is defined as:
organism
Which of the following types of macromolecules has the
proteins
greatest variety of functions in the cell?
Which of the following types of macromolecules is not
composed of building blocks joined together in a long lipids
chain and thus is not strictly speaking a polymer?
Asexual reproduction is to uniformity as sexual reproduc-
variation
tion is to .
Variation resulting from sexual reproduction has the
greatest implications for which of the following processes evolutionary change by natural selection
associated with life?
Which of the following types of macromolecules functions
nucleic acids
in information storage and retrieval in the cell?
Which of the following types of macromolecules functions
Fats and Carbohydrates
in energy storage in the cell?
A researcher discovers an organism that is not able to
a bacterium
reproduce sexually. This organism is likely to be:
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