Test Bank for Biology: Concepts and Investigations 5th Edition Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Test Bank for Biology: Concepts and Investigations 5th Edition Mariëlle Hoefnagels Student name: 1) Thinking about life's organizationalhierarchy in a biological system, which of the following is the correct sequence from the smallest unit to the largest unit? A) atom - molecule -organelle - cell - tissue B) molecule - atom -organelle - tissue - cell C) cell - organelle -atom - tissue - molecule D) organelle -molecule - atom - tissue - cell E) atom - organelle -molecule - cell - tissue Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Learning Outcome : 01.01.02 Give examples of each level of biological organization. Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic 2) The hierarchy of life extends past individual organisms. Which of the following is the correct sequence,from least inclusive to most inclusive, following an individual organism? A) population -ecosystem - community - biosphere B) community -population - ecosystem - biosphere C) community -population - biosphere - ecosystem D) population -community - ecosystem - biosphere E) ecosystem -population - biosphere - community Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Learning Outcome : 01.01.02 Give examples of each level of biological organization. Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic 3) In living organisms, emergent properties A) are functions that arise from interactions between a system's components. B) evolve new properties from other similar organisms. C) are produced in a new generation of offspring that will show the properties. D) are qualities of cells that disappear when in the presence of other cells. E) functionally arise from larger successful parts working together for a stronger organism. Question Details Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Bloom's : 2. Understand Learning Outcome : 01.01.01 Describe the characteristics that all living organisms share. Topic : Characteristics of Life 4) To be considered living, an organism must minimally consist of A) DNA andproteins. B) one or morecells. C) RNA andproteins. D) atoms andmolecules. E) DNA and RNA. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Section : 01.01 Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Learning Outcome : 01.01.01 Describe the characteristics that all living organisms share. Topic : Characteristics of Life 5) Which of these is not a required characteristic of life? A) homeostasis B) movement C) structuralorganization D) evolution E) energy use Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Section : 01.01 Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Learning Outcome : 01.01.01 Describe the characteristics that all living organisms share. Topic : Characteristics of Life 6) Organisms that make their own food by capturing energy from nonliving resources (solar energy) are called A) decomposers. B) parasites. C) primary producers. D) consumers. E) detritivores. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Section : 01.01 Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Learning Outcome : 01.01.01 Describe the characteristics that all living organisms share. Topic : Characteristics of Life 7) Organisms that obtain energy and nutrients by eating either living or dead organisms are called A) primary producers. B) plants. C) consumers. D) autotrophs. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Learning Outcome : 01.01.02 Give examples of each level of biological organization. Section : 01.01 Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Topic : Characteristics of Life 8) Which of the following is an example of a characteristic of life? A) Energy is needed to build, regulate, and conduct processes of life. B) Organisms are composed of atoms that make up cells. C) Organisms have the ability to reproduce, grow, and develop. D) Organisms maintain internal constancy. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Question Details Section : 01.01 Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Bloom's : 2. Understand Learning Outcome : 01.01.01 Describe the characteristics that all living organisms share. Topic : Characteristics of Life 9) The basic unit of classification in the taxonomic hierarchy, designating the organism "type," is the A) species. B) domain. C) genus. D) family. E) kingdom. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Learning Outcome : 01.02.01 Compare and contrast the three branches of life. Section : 01.02 10) The four kingdoms included in the domain Eukarya are A) Bacteria, Fungi, Archaea, and Animalia. B) Bacteria, Protista, Plantae, and Animalia. C) Protista, Fungi,Plantae, and Animalia. D) Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, and Animalia. E) Archaea, Fungi,Plantae, and Animalia. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Learning Outcome : 01.02.01 Compare and contrast the three branches of life. Section : 01.02 11) A major difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is that whereas prokaryotes A) have cell walls, eukaryotes do not. B) do not have a nucleus, eukaryotes have a nucleus in their cells. C) have DNA, eukaryotes only have RNA. D) have chloropasts for photosynthesis, eukaryotes do not. E) have mitochondria, eukaryotes do not. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Section : 01.01 Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Topic : Characteristics of Life Learning Outcome : 01.02.01 Compare and contrast the three branches of life. Section : 01.02 Topic : Cell Theory 12) Until the late 1970s, there was no "Domain" as the broadest category in taxonomy. Instead, there were five kingdoms: Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia, and Monera, which included all bacteria-like organisms. Researchers proposed the domains to distinguish between the bacteria-like organisms. Which information supported placing bacteria and archaea in separate domains? A) Differences in DNA among the existing kingdoms showed a need for a broader naming category. B) More complex emergent properties developed after organisms were originally categorized into kingdoms. C) Cell shapes of bacteria and archaea were found to be more distinct, after microscope technology improved. D) Evolution led tonew adaptations and diversity of organisms. E) Organisms in the Bacteria and Archaea domains have a nucleus, whereas eukaryotes do not. Question Details Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Topic : Characteristics of Life Learning Outcome : 01.02.01 Compare and contrast the three branches of life. Section : 01.02 Bloom's : 4. Analyze Section : 01.03 13) Which of the following is not a true statement about the scientific method? A) It is a generalway of organizing an investigation. B) It requires testing a hypothesis. C) It begins withobservations. D) It does not applyto problems encountered in everyday life. E) It is a frameworkto consider evidence in a repeatable way. Question Details Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Bloom's : 2. Understand Section : 01.03 Learning Outcome : 01.03.01 Apply the scientific method to design experiments and analyze data. Topic : Scientific Method 14) Which of the following is not true about a hypothesis? A) It can be provento be true. B) It can be rejected. C) It is a tentativeexplanation. D) Previous knowledgecan help support it. E) It must betestable to be useful. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Section : 01.03 Learning Outcome : 01.03.01 Apply the scientific method to design experiments and analyze data. Topic : Scientific Method 15) In an experimental procedure, the researcher has established multiple levels of a chemical, or amounts of light, or some other factor at the beginning of the experiment, in order to determine if and how much the biological system responds. The manipulated factor at varying levels is the A) standardized variable. B) control group. C) dependent variable. D) independent variable. E) Both control groupand standardized variable are correct. Question Details Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Section : 01.03 Topic : Scientific Method Bloom's : 3. Apply Learning Outcome : 01.03.02 Identify the variables in an experiment. 16) Examine this diagram. Note the structure of branches connecting groups of organisms. Called a phylogenetic tree, the branches propose relationships among organisms to each other, related to common ancestors. Although the proposed relationships can be described in sentences, the diagram summarizes them visually. Which of the following statements is true based on this diagram? A) The organisms in domain Archaea are more closely related to the organisms in domain Eukarya than those in domain Bacteria. B) All the organisms in this phylogenetic tree are equally related to one another. C) The organisms in domain Bacteria are more closely related to the organisms in domain Eukarya than those in domain Archaea. D) The organisms in kingdom Protista are part of domain Bacteria. E) All of the answer choices are correct. Question Details Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Bloom's : 2. Understand Learning Outcome : 01.02.01 Compare and contrast the three branches of life. Section : 01.02 Section : 01.03 Topic : Scientific Method Learning Outcome : 01.03.03 Differentiate between hypotheses, theories, and facts. 17) In an experimental procedure, the researcher measures changes, such as cell growth rates, numbers of patients with a disease, etc. in response to factors manipulated at the beginning of the experiment. This measure of change in response to the initial conditions is the A) independent variable. B) dependent variable. C) control group. D) standardized variable. E) Both dependent variable and standardized variable are correct. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Section : 01.03 Topic : Scientific Method Learning Outcome : 01.03.02 Identify the variables in an experiment. 18) Which of the following would not be a "control" in an experimental procedure? A) a placebogroup B) a known standardof comparison C) a normal (untreated) group D) an experimentalgroup E) a"zero-value" group Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Section : 01.03 Topic : Scientific Method Learning Outcome : 01.03.02 Identify the variables in an experiment. 19) A theory differs from a hypothesis in that a theory A) has more supportive research evidence than a hypothesis. B) is broader inscope than a hypothesis. C) has predictive power for similar phenomena that haven't been observed yet. D) ties together many existing observations. E) All of the answerchoicesare correct. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Section : 01.03 Topic : Scientific Method Learning Outcome : 01.03.03 Differentiate between hypotheses, theories, and facts. 20) A structure, such as a flower in plants, or a liver in animals, consisting of tissues organized to carry out a specific function is a(n) A) organ. B) cell. C) population. D) molecule. E) organelle. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Learning Outcome : 01.01.02 Give examples of each level of biological organization. Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Topic : Characteristics of Life 21) An ecosystem would include all of the following except A) a community that may include primary producers, consumers, and decomposers. B) the biosphere,with its resources and functioning systems. C) populations oforganisms in the same species. D) nonliving air, water, soil, and other components in an area. E) None of the answer choices are correct. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Learning Outcome : 01.01.02 Give examples of each level of biological organization. Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Topic : Characteristics of Life 22) A researcher collected a single-celled organism from birdbath water and grew the organism in a laboratory. The researcher observed the organism reproducing by cell division, which resulted in identical offspring generations. This organism exhibits a form of A) asexual reproduction. B) reproduction that produces enormous genetic diversity among offspring C) reproduction occurring only in bacteria. D) sexual reproduction, mixing genetic material from the parent cells. E) sexual reproduction of fungi. Question Details Learning Outcome : 01.01.02 Give examples of each level of biological organization. Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Bloom's : 2. Understand Topic : Characteristics of Life 23) Homeostasis means that A) a populationchanges over time. B) environmentalconditions are held constant and do not change. C) cells have enoughwater. D) all organismsrequire an energy source. E) conditions insidea cell or organism remain within a constant range. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Section : 01.01 Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Learning Outcome : 01.01.01 Describe the characteristics that all living organisms share. Topic : Characteristics of Life Topic : Homeostasis 24) The correct sequence going from smallest to largest is A) tissue - cell -organelle - molecule - atom. B) molecule - atom - organelle - tissue - cell. C) atom - molecule -organelle - cell - tissue. D) cell - tissue -organelle - molecule - atom. E) cell - molecule - tissue - organelle - atom. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Learning Outcome : 01.01.02 Give examples of each level of biological organization. Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic 25) All ecosystems A) need a source of external energy. B) stay exactly thesame once mature. C) are entirelyself-sufficient. D) consist of onlyliving organisms. E) None of the answer choices are correct. Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Learning Outcome : 01.01.02 Give examples of each level of biological organization. Section : 01.01 Topic : Levels of Biological Organization Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic 26) Which is the correct sequence of steps in the scientific method? A) make an observation - analyze results - form hypothesis - draw conclusions - design an experiment B) make an observation - analyze results - draw conclusion - design an experiment - form hypothesis C) make an observation - form hypothesis - design an experiment - collect data - analyze results D) form hypothesis - make an observation - design an experiment - collect data - analyze results E) form hypothesis - make an observation - collect data - analyze results - design an experiment Question Details Bloom's : 1. Remember Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Section : 01.03 Learning Outcome : 01.03.01 Apply the scientific method to design experiments and analyze data. Topic : Scientific Method 27) A college student has a new job, and must balance classes and commute times to work. The student takes two weeks to drive from campus to the workplace by several routes, including a direct route through town, a highway route, and a route through a city park. Comparing the drive times affected by the route is possible. The dependent variable is the A) average time in minutes it takes to drive from campus to workplace. B) distance in miles of each possible driving route from campus to workplace. C) the number of cars in the same route. D) the time in minutes between walking from class to their vehicle. E) the type of vehicle the student is driving. Question Details Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation Gradable : automatic Bloom's : 2. Understand Section : 01.03 Learning Outcome : 01.03.01 Apply the scientific method to design experiments and analyze data. Topic : Scientific Method 28) A golfer wants a new set of clubs to improve her game. In an experiment, she tests different drivers made from different materials. She compares the drivers to the distance of her shot. In this simple experiment, the independent variable is the A) wind directionwhen the experiment took place. B) distance the golfball traveled. C) type of material used to make the golf ball. D) swing speed of the golf club prior to striking the golf ball. E) type of material used to make the drivers.