BIO 101 FINAL EXAM 1 WITH QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024-2025
1) Many properties of living things involve the transfer and transformation of energy and
matter. For instance, plant chloroplasts transform energy from sunlight into what form
of energy or matter? A) the energy of motion B) carbon dioxide and water C) chemical
energy D) oxygen E) kinetic energy - Answer c) Chemical Energy
2) All of the living things on Earth, along with all of the places where life exists are
collectively described by which of the following terms?
A) an ecosystem
B) the biosphere
C) a biological community
D) a population -Answer b) The Biosphere
All the individuals of a particular species that are living within the bounds of a specified
area are collectively described by which of the following terms?
A) a biological system
B) a biosphere
C) a biological community
d) The Population
Which of the following correctly describes the forms by which energy flows through an
ecosystem from entry to exit?
A) heat → chemical → heat
B) light → heat → chemical
C) light → chemical → heat
D) chemical → heat → light - Answer C) light → chemical → heat
, 5) Which of the following lists in proper order the sequence of biological organization
from the largest scale to the smallest?
A) ecosystems → biosphere → communities → populations → organisms
B) communities → populations → organisms → ecosystems → biosphere
C) biosphere → communities → populations → ecosystems → organisms
D) biosphere → ecosystems → communities → populations → organisms
E) biosphere → ecosystems → populations→ communities → organisms -Answer D)
biosphere → ecosystems → communities → populations → organisms
A single-celled organism isolated from a deep-sea, hot thermal vent was found to have a
cell wall but lacked a nucleus. This organism is most likely a member of which of the
following domains?
A) Eukarya
B) Archaea
C) Animalia
D) Plantae
E) Fungi -Answer B) Archaea
7) Charles Darwin suggested that "descent with modification" occurred when
organisms of a given species become adapted to the local environment because they
possess which of the following features?
A) nonheritable traits that increase their survival and decrease their reproductive
success in the local environment
B) nonheritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the local
environment
C) heritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the local
environment
D) heritable traits that enhance their survival and decrease their reproductive success
in the local environment - Answer C) heritable traits that enhance their survival and
reproductive success in the local environment
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024-2025
1) Many properties of living things involve the transfer and transformation of energy and
matter. For instance, plant chloroplasts transform energy from sunlight into what form
of energy or matter? A) the energy of motion B) carbon dioxide and water C) chemical
energy D) oxygen E) kinetic energy - Answer c) Chemical Energy
2) All of the living things on Earth, along with all of the places where life exists are
collectively described by which of the following terms?
A) an ecosystem
B) the biosphere
C) a biological community
D) a population -Answer b) The Biosphere
All the individuals of a particular species that are living within the bounds of a specified
area are collectively described by which of the following terms?
A) a biological system
B) a biosphere
C) a biological community
d) The Population
Which of the following correctly describes the forms by which energy flows through an
ecosystem from entry to exit?
A) heat → chemical → heat
B) light → heat → chemical
C) light → chemical → heat
D) chemical → heat → light - Answer C) light → chemical → heat
, 5) Which of the following lists in proper order the sequence of biological organization
from the largest scale to the smallest?
A) ecosystems → biosphere → communities → populations → organisms
B) communities → populations → organisms → ecosystems → biosphere
C) biosphere → communities → populations → ecosystems → organisms
D) biosphere → ecosystems → communities → populations → organisms
E) biosphere → ecosystems → populations→ communities → organisms -Answer D)
biosphere → ecosystems → communities → populations → organisms
A single-celled organism isolated from a deep-sea, hot thermal vent was found to have a
cell wall but lacked a nucleus. This organism is most likely a member of which of the
following domains?
A) Eukarya
B) Archaea
C) Animalia
D) Plantae
E) Fungi -Answer B) Archaea
7) Charles Darwin suggested that "descent with modification" occurred when
organisms of a given species become adapted to the local environment because they
possess which of the following features?
A) nonheritable traits that increase their survival and decrease their reproductive
success in the local environment
B) nonheritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the local
environment
C) heritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the local
environment
D) heritable traits that enhance their survival and decrease their reproductive success
in the local environment - Answer C) heritable traits that enhance their survival and
reproductive success in the local environment
