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,Biology: Concepts and Connections, 6e (Campbell)
Chapter 1
Introduction: The Scientific Study of Life
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Which of the following statements about the leopard is false?
A) Leopards are the largest cat in the genus Panthera.
B) Leopards, like lions, can roar.
C) Leopards prefer to eat their kill in trees.
D) Leopards are well-adapted for nocturnal hunting.
E) Leopards are normally solitary animals.
Answer: A
Topic: Opening
Essay Skill: Factual
Recall
2) Life is organized in a hierarchical fashion. Which of the following sequences correctly lists that hierarchy as
it increases in complexity?
A) ecosystem, population, organ system, cell, community, molecule, organ, organism, tissue
B) cell, molecule, organ system, organ, population, tissue, organism, ecosystem, community
C) organism, organ system, tissue, population, organ, community, cell, ecosystem, molecule
D) molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem
E) ecosystem, molecule, cell, tissue, organism, organ system, organ, community
Answer: D
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Factual Recall
3) What is the difference between a tissue and an organ system?
A) The tissue level of organization is more inclusive than the organ system level.
B) Tissues are not composed of cells; organ systems are composed of cells.
C) A tissue cannot exist unless it is a component of an organ system, whereas an organ system can exist
independently of tissues.
D) An organ system includes tissues.
E) Tissues are not considered to be living; organ systems are considered to be living.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Factual Recall
4) The tree in your backyard is home to two cardinals, a colony of ants, a waspʹs nest, two squirrels, and
millions of bacteria. Together, all of these organisms represent
A) a species.
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,B) a community.
C) a population.
D) an ecosystem.
E) the biosphere.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Application
5) If you eat a hamburger, you are mainly eating ground-up beef muscle. What levels of organization are
represented in this ground-up muscle?
A) organism, population, and community
B) organ, organ system, and organism
C) community, ecosystem, and biosphere
D) organelle, cell, and tissue
E) tissue, organ, and organ system
Answer: D
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Application
6) Which of the following statements about ecosystems is false?
A) The ʺweb of relationshipsʺ within an ecosystem includes the nonliving components of the environment.
B) Bacteria and fungi recycle energy within an ecosystem.
C) Plants and other photosynthetic organisms are producers in ecosystems.
D) Chemical nutrients cycle within an ecosystemʹs structural web.
E) In the process of energy conversions within an ecosystem, energy is eventually converted to heat.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Factual Recall
7) The ultimate source of energy flowing into nearly all ecosystems is
A) wind.
B) sunlight.
C) electricity.
D) geothermal vents.
E) radioactivity.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
8) A consumer eating a producer represents
A) a transfer of chemical nutrients and energy.
B) a transfer of chemical nutrients but not a transfer of energy.
C) a transfer of energy but not a transfer of chemical nutrients.
D) neither a transfer of chemical nutrients nor a transfer of energy.
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,Answer: A
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
9) Which of the following statements regarding a common cellular activity is false?
A) Cells respond to the environment.
B) Cells develop and maintain complex organization.
C) Cells take in and use energy.
D) Cells regulate their internal environment.
E) New cells are derived from cellular components like organelles.
Answer: E
Topic: 1.3
Skill: Factual Recall
10) Your instructor asks you to look into your microscope to see a prokaryotic cell. You will be looking for a cell that
A) has a nucleus.
B) has a membrane.
C) makes up most of the tissues of your body.
D) is much larger than most cells in your body.
E) does not use DNA to code genetic information.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.3
Skill: Application
11) Which of the following statements about genetics is true?
A) Genes are proteins that produce DNA.
B) Each organism has its own unique DNA code.
C) DNA relies upon five different building blocks as the alphabet of inheritance.
D) Differences among organisms reflect different nucleotide sequences in their DNA.
E) Each DNA molecule is a single strand of nucleotides.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.4
Skill: Factual Recall
12) Which of the following statements about the properties of life is false?
A) All organisms have a complex organization.
B) All organisms have the ability to take in energy and use it.
C) All organisms have the ability to respond to stimuli from the environment.
D) All organisms have the ability to reproduce.
E) All organisms have the ability to maintain a constant internal temperature.
Answer: E
Topic: 1.4
Skill: Factual Recall
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,13) Which of the following statements about living systems is false?
A) Living systems are composed of two or more cells.
B) Living systems maintain a relatively consistent internal environment.
C) Living systems respond to changes in the environment.
D) Living systems encode their genetic information in DNA.
E) Living systems grow and develop.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.4
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
14) Organisms that are prokaryotes are in the domains
A) Bacteria and Archaea.
B) Plantae and Animalia.
C) Eukarya and Archaea.
D) Archaea and Plantae.
E) Fungi and Bacteria.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
15) Which of the following statements about the domain Bacteria is true?
A) All bacteria are ʺanimal-likeʺ in that they eat other organisms.
B) All bacteria have a membrane-bound nucleus.
C) All bacteria are multicellular organisms.
D) All bacteria lack a nucleus.
E) All bacteria are ʺanimal-likeʺ in that they eat other organisms, and all bacteria have a membrane-bound nucleus.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
16) Members of the kingdom Animalia
A) can obtain their food either by absorption or by photosynthesis.
B) are composed of cells that lack a cell membrane.
C) are composed of cells that are surrounded by a cell wall.
D) can obtain their food by eating other organisms.
E) are composed of cells that are surrounded by a cell wall and that lack a cell membrane.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
17) What feature is common to prokaryotes, fungi, and plants?
A) a nucleus
B) single cells
C) membership in the kingdom Monera
D) cell walls
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,E) photosynthesis
Answer: D
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
18) Which of the following is a kingdom within the domain Eukarya?
A) Viruses
B) Monera
C) Fungi
D) Archaea
E) Bacteria
Answer: C
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
19) All organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae
A) are photosynthetic.
B) contain cells that are surrounded by cell walls with cellulose.
C) are unicellular and lack a nucleus.
D) lack a nucleus.
E) are photosynthetic and contain cells that are surrounded by cell walls with cellulose.
Answer: E
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
20) Members of the kingdom Fungi
A) include the mushrooms.
B) include the yeasts.
C) decompose the remains of dead organisms and absorb nutrients from the leftovers.
D) include the mushrooms and yeasts, and decompose the remains of dead organisms and absorb nutrients
from the leftovers.
E) use photosynthesis to produce their own food.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
21) A scientist examining a group of cells under the microscope notices the presence of nuclei within these cells.
Chemical tests reveal that each cell is surrounded by a wall composed of cellulose. These cells must come from
an organism that is a member of the kingdom
A) Monera.
B) Protista.
C) Plantae.
D) Fungi.
E) Animalia.
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,Answer: C
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Application
22) Which of the following observations would provide the strongest evidence that the many different
plants we call orchids are actually related to one another?
A) The flowers have the same shape of petals.
B) They all produce small seeds.
C) None of them can grow without the presence of a specific type of fungus.
D) They all have the same common ancestor.
E) They all attract insect pollinators.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
23) The teeth of grain-eating animals (such as horses) are usually broad and ridged. This makes the teeth
suitable for grinding and chewing. Meat-eating animals (such as lions) have pointed teeth that are good for
puncturing and ripping flesh. This illustrates
A) a result of natural selection.
B) the connection between form and function.
C) a food web.
D) that natural selection is not necessary in animals.
E) a result of natural selection and the connection between form and function.
Answer: E
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Application
24) Which of the following statements is not consistent with Darwinʹs theory of natural selection?
A) Individuals in a population exhibit variations, some of which are heritable.
B) Individual organisms exhibit genetic change during their life spans to better fit their environment.
C) Factors in the environment result in some organisms with better reproductive success than others.
D) Natural selection is based in part on the overproduction of offspring.
E) Natural selection can lead to the appearance of new species.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
25) An antibiotic kills 99.9% of a bacterial population. You would expect the next generation of bacteria
A) to be just as susceptible to that antibiotic as was the previous generation.
B) to be more resistant to that antibiotic.
C) to die out due to the drastic decrease in population size.
D) to be more contagious than the prior generation.
E) to be less virulent than the previous population.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
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, 26) Which of the following statements about evolution is true?
A) Individuals evolve within the span of their own lifetimes.
B) Organisms evolve structures in response to needs.
C) Evolution is deliberate and purposeful.
D) Evolution is a passive process.
E) Evolution is directional.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
27) Consider the following statement: ʺIf all vertebrates have backbones, and turtles are vertebrates, then
turtles have backbones.ʺ This statement is an example of
A) a hypothesis.
B) discovery science logic.
C) rationalization.
D) deductive reasoning.
E) inductive reasoning.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
28) A hypothesis is
A) the same as a theory.
B) a tentative answer to some question.
C) an explanatory idea that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence.
D) a widely accepted idea about a phenomenon.
E) a widely accepted theory that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Factual Recall
29) You notice that over the past month, many students on campus have started wearing a new style of school
sweatshirt. You think to yourself that perhaps the bookstore has recently started selling this new sweatshirt
style. This prediction is an example of
A) an experimental question.
B) a type of observation.
C) a hypothesis.
D) an experiment.
E) a type of control.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
30) A theory is
A) an idea that has been proven.
,Biology: Concepts and Connections, 6e (Campbell)
Chapter 1
Introduction: The Scientific Study of Life
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Which of the following statements about the leopard is false?
A) Leopards are the largest cat in the genus Panthera.
B) Leopards, like lions, can roar.
C) Leopards prefer to eat their kill in trees.
D) Leopards are well-adapted for nocturnal hunting.
E) Leopards are normally solitary animals.
Answer: A
Topic: Opening
Essay Skill: Factual
Recall
2) Life is organized in a hierarchical fashion. Which of the following sequences correctly lists that hierarchy as
it increases in complexity?
A) ecosystem, population, organ system, cell, community, molecule, organ, organism, tissue
B) cell, molecule, organ system, organ, population, tissue, organism, ecosystem, community
C) organism, organ system, tissue, population, organ, community, cell, ecosystem, molecule
D) molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem
E) ecosystem, molecule, cell, tissue, organism, organ system, organ, community
Answer: D
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Factual Recall
3) What is the difference between a tissue and an organ system?
A) The tissue level of organization is more inclusive than the organ system level.
B) Tissues are not composed of cells; organ systems are composed of cells.
C) A tissue cannot exist unless it is a component of an organ system, whereas an organ system can exist
independently of tissues.
D) An organ system includes tissues.
E) Tissues are not considered to be living; organ systems are considered to be living.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Factual Recall
4) The tree in your backyard is home to two cardinals, a colony of ants, a waspʹs nest, two squirrels, and
millions of bacteria. Together, all of these organisms represent
A) a species.
1
,B) a community.
C) a population.
D) an ecosystem.
E) the biosphere.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Application
5) If you eat a hamburger, you are mainly eating ground-up beef muscle. What levels of organization are
represented in this ground-up muscle?
A) organism, population, and community
B) organ, organ system, and organism
C) community, ecosystem, and biosphere
D) organelle, cell, and tissue
E) tissue, organ, and organ system
Answer: D
Topic: 1.1
Skill: Application
6) Which of the following statements about ecosystems is false?
A) The ʺweb of relationshipsʺ within an ecosystem includes the nonliving components of the environment.
B) Bacteria and fungi recycle energy within an ecosystem.
C) Plants and other photosynthetic organisms are producers in ecosystems.
D) Chemical nutrients cycle within an ecosystemʹs structural web.
E) In the process of energy conversions within an ecosystem, energy is eventually converted to heat.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Factual Recall
7) The ultimate source of energy flowing into nearly all ecosystems is
A) wind.
B) sunlight.
C) electricity.
D) geothermal vents.
E) radioactivity.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
8) A consumer eating a producer represents
A) a transfer of chemical nutrients and energy.
B) a transfer of chemical nutrients but not a transfer of energy.
C) a transfer of energy but not a transfer of chemical nutrients.
D) neither a transfer of chemical nutrients nor a transfer of energy.
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,Answer: A
Topic: 1.2
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
9) Which of the following statements regarding a common cellular activity is false?
A) Cells respond to the environment.
B) Cells develop and maintain complex organization.
C) Cells take in and use energy.
D) Cells regulate their internal environment.
E) New cells are derived from cellular components like organelles.
Answer: E
Topic: 1.3
Skill: Factual Recall
10) Your instructor asks you to look into your microscope to see a prokaryotic cell. You will be looking for a cell that
A) has a nucleus.
B) has a membrane.
C) makes up most of the tissues of your body.
D) is much larger than most cells in your body.
E) does not use DNA to code genetic information.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.3
Skill: Application
11) Which of the following statements about genetics is true?
A) Genes are proteins that produce DNA.
B) Each organism has its own unique DNA code.
C) DNA relies upon five different building blocks as the alphabet of inheritance.
D) Differences among organisms reflect different nucleotide sequences in their DNA.
E) Each DNA molecule is a single strand of nucleotides.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.4
Skill: Factual Recall
12) Which of the following statements about the properties of life is false?
A) All organisms have a complex organization.
B) All organisms have the ability to take in energy and use it.
C) All organisms have the ability to respond to stimuli from the environment.
D) All organisms have the ability to reproduce.
E) All organisms have the ability to maintain a constant internal temperature.
Answer: E
Topic: 1.4
Skill: Factual Recall
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,13) Which of the following statements about living systems is false?
A) Living systems are composed of two or more cells.
B) Living systems maintain a relatively consistent internal environment.
C) Living systems respond to changes in the environment.
D) Living systems encode their genetic information in DNA.
E) Living systems grow and develop.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.4
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
14) Organisms that are prokaryotes are in the domains
A) Bacteria and Archaea.
B) Plantae and Animalia.
C) Eukarya and Archaea.
D) Archaea and Plantae.
E) Fungi and Bacteria.
Answer: A
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
15) Which of the following statements about the domain Bacteria is true?
A) All bacteria are ʺanimal-likeʺ in that they eat other organisms.
B) All bacteria have a membrane-bound nucleus.
C) All bacteria are multicellular organisms.
D) All bacteria lack a nucleus.
E) All bacteria are ʺanimal-likeʺ in that they eat other organisms, and all bacteria have a membrane-bound nucleus.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
16) Members of the kingdom Animalia
A) can obtain their food either by absorption or by photosynthesis.
B) are composed of cells that lack a cell membrane.
C) are composed of cells that are surrounded by a cell wall.
D) can obtain their food by eating other organisms.
E) are composed of cells that are surrounded by a cell wall and that lack a cell membrane.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
17) What feature is common to prokaryotes, fungi, and plants?
A) a nucleus
B) single cells
C) membership in the kingdom Monera
D) cell walls
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,E) photosynthesis
Answer: D
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
18) Which of the following is a kingdom within the domain Eukarya?
A) Viruses
B) Monera
C) Fungi
D) Archaea
E) Bacteria
Answer: C
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
19) All organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae
A) are photosynthetic.
B) contain cells that are surrounded by cell walls with cellulose.
C) are unicellular and lack a nucleus.
D) lack a nucleus.
E) are photosynthetic and contain cells that are surrounded by cell walls with cellulose.
Answer: E
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
20) Members of the kingdom Fungi
A) include the mushrooms.
B) include the yeasts.
C) decompose the remains of dead organisms and absorb nutrients from the leftovers.
D) include the mushrooms and yeasts, and decompose the remains of dead organisms and absorb nutrients
from the leftovers.
E) use photosynthesis to produce their own food.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Factual Recall
21) A scientist examining a group of cells under the microscope notices the presence of nuclei within these cells.
Chemical tests reveal that each cell is surrounded by a wall composed of cellulose. These cells must come from
an organism that is a member of the kingdom
A) Monera.
B) Protista.
C) Plantae.
D) Fungi.
E) Animalia.
5
,Answer: C
Topic: 1.5
Skill: Application
22) Which of the following observations would provide the strongest evidence that the many different
plants we call orchids are actually related to one another?
A) The flowers have the same shape of petals.
B) They all produce small seeds.
C) None of them can grow without the presence of a specific type of fungus.
D) They all have the same common ancestor.
E) They all attract insect pollinators.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
23) The teeth of grain-eating animals (such as horses) are usually broad and ridged. This makes the teeth
suitable for grinding and chewing. Meat-eating animals (such as lions) have pointed teeth that are good for
puncturing and ripping flesh. This illustrates
A) a result of natural selection.
B) the connection between form and function.
C) a food web.
D) that natural selection is not necessary in animals.
E) a result of natural selection and the connection between form and function.
Answer: E
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Application
24) Which of the following statements is not consistent with Darwinʹs theory of natural selection?
A) Individuals in a population exhibit variations, some of which are heritable.
B) Individual organisms exhibit genetic change during their life spans to better fit their environment.
C) Factors in the environment result in some organisms with better reproductive success than others.
D) Natural selection is based in part on the overproduction of offspring.
E) Natural selection can lead to the appearance of new species.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
25) An antibiotic kills 99.9% of a bacterial population. You would expect the next generation of bacteria
A) to be just as susceptible to that antibiotic as was the previous generation.
B) to be more resistant to that antibiotic.
C) to die out due to the drastic decrease in population size.
D) to be more contagious than the prior generation.
E) to be less virulent than the previous population.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
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, 26) Which of the following statements about evolution is true?
A) Individuals evolve within the span of their own lifetimes.
B) Organisms evolve structures in response to needs.
C) Evolution is deliberate and purposeful.
D) Evolution is a passive process.
E) Evolution is directional.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.6
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
27) Consider the following statement: ʺIf all vertebrates have backbones, and turtles are vertebrates, then
turtles have backbones.ʺ This statement is an example of
A) a hypothesis.
B) discovery science logic.
C) rationalization.
D) deductive reasoning.
E) inductive reasoning.
Answer: D
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
28) A hypothesis is
A) the same as a theory.
B) a tentative answer to some question.
C) an explanatory idea that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence.
D) a widely accepted idea about a phenomenon.
E) a widely accepted theory that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence.
Answer: B
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Factual Recall
29) You notice that over the past month, many students on campus have started wearing a new style of school
sweatshirt. You think to yourself that perhaps the bookstore has recently started selling this new sweatshirt
style. This prediction is an example of
A) an experimental question.
B) a type of observation.
C) a hypothesis.
D) an experiment.
E) a type of control.
Answer: C
Topic: 1.7
Skill: Conceptual Understanding
30) A theory is
A) an idea that has been proven.
