BIO 100 EXAM 1 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ In 1610, which scientist was imprisoned for publishing evidence
that the Earth orbits the sun?
Answer: Galileo
◉ All organisms fit into one of two categories: ___ and ___
Answer: Producers and Consumers
◉ In the Olestra experiment conducted by researchers at the John
Hopkins University School of Medicine, the people who ate the
Olestra potato chips were the ___.
Answer: Experimental group
◉ Collectively, which group of organisms are the most diverse
representatives of life?
Answer: Bacteria and Archaea
◉ Lipids, Proteins, DNA, RNA, and complex carbohydrates are all __
Answer: Molecules
, ◉ Evolution has been tested in various ways. Genetic, fossil,
anatomical, physiological, and behavioral studies all confirm that
evolution is the mechanism of the origin of species. Thus, in science
evolution is considered a scientific ___
Answer: Theory
◉ What characteristics do all living things share?
I. Hereditary info passed to offspring
II. Adaptation to environmental change
III. Requirement for nutrients
IV. DNA housed in a nucleus
Answer: I, II, and III.
◉ Which of the following groups does seaweed belong?
Answer: Protists
◉ Taxonomists today tend to group organisms into the same
category based on similar___
Answer: biochemical traits
◉ In science, if a result is deemed statistically significant, that
means___
Answer: it has a low probability of being skewed by sampling error
COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ In 1610, which scientist was imprisoned for publishing evidence
that the Earth orbits the sun?
Answer: Galileo
◉ All organisms fit into one of two categories: ___ and ___
Answer: Producers and Consumers
◉ In the Olestra experiment conducted by researchers at the John
Hopkins University School of Medicine, the people who ate the
Olestra potato chips were the ___.
Answer: Experimental group
◉ Collectively, which group of organisms are the most diverse
representatives of life?
Answer: Bacteria and Archaea
◉ Lipids, Proteins, DNA, RNA, and complex carbohydrates are all __
Answer: Molecules
, ◉ Evolution has been tested in various ways. Genetic, fossil,
anatomical, physiological, and behavioral studies all confirm that
evolution is the mechanism of the origin of species. Thus, in science
evolution is considered a scientific ___
Answer: Theory
◉ What characteristics do all living things share?
I. Hereditary info passed to offspring
II. Adaptation to environmental change
III. Requirement for nutrients
IV. DNA housed in a nucleus
Answer: I, II, and III.
◉ Which of the following groups does seaweed belong?
Answer: Protists
◉ Taxonomists today tend to group organisms into the same
category based on similar___
Answer: biochemical traits
◉ In science, if a result is deemed statistically significant, that
means___
Answer: it has a low probability of being skewed by sampling error
