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Chapter 01 2024 Release Mader
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) The classification system most commonly used by biologists today contains five domains.
1) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 1. Remember
Gradable : automatic
Learning Outcome : 01.02.02 Distinguish among the three domains of life.
Section : 01.02
Topic : Evolution
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > Domains within the levels of classification



2) Climate change is primarily due to an imbalance in the chemical cycling of the element
carbon.
2) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 1. Remember
Gradable : automatic
Learning Outcome : 01.04.02 Summarize the major challenges facing science and society.
Section : 01.04
Topic : Challenges Facing Science
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > Primary cause of climate change




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,3) The control group in an experiment receives all the same treatments as the experimental
group(s), except for the one variable being tested.
3) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 2. Understand
Gradable : automatic
Learning Outcome : 01.03.03 Analyze a scientific experiment and identify the hypothesis, experiment,
Section : 01.03
Topic : Process of Science
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > Features of experimental design



4) The selective agents for natural selection can be either abiotic or biotic.
4) ______
⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 2. Understand
Gradable : automatic
Learning Outcome : 01.02.01 Explain the relationship between the process of natural selection and evo
Section : 01.02
Topic : Evolution
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > Natural selection




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,CHECK ALL THE APPLY. Choose all options that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
5) Due to human activities, more carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere than is
being removed. What happens to this extra carbon dioxide? Select all that apply.
5) ______
A) Some of the carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere which causes surface temperature
to rise.
B) Approximately half of the extraneous carbon dioxide is being expelled into deep
space.
C) Much of the extraneous carbon dioxide is dissolved into the oceans where it is
causing acidification.
D) Trees and other plants have increased their rates of photosynthesis and are effectively
removing most of the extraneous carbon dioxide.

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 1. Remember
Gradable : automatic
Learning Outcome : 01.04.02 Summarize the major challenges facing science and society.
Section : 01.04
Topic : Challenges Facing Science
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > Consequences of elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere



6) Select all the following that describe biodiversity in a particular ecosystem.
6) ______
A) is the total number of species in that ecosystem
B) includes the variability of the individual genes
C) impacts the function of the ecosystem in which the species live
D) usually increases rapidly over time

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 2. Understand
Gradable : automatic
Learning Outcome : 01.04.02 Summarize the major challenges facing science and society.
Section : 01.04
Topic : Ecology
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > Value of biodiversity




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, MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
7) A university biology department wishes to hire a scientist to work on the relationships among
the wolves, moose, trees, and physical features on an island. If you were charged with
writing the job description, you should title the position
7) ______
A) population geneticist.
B) molecular biologist.
C) ecosystem ecologist.
D) organismal physiologist.
E) island zoologist.

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 1. Remember
Gradable : automatic
Learning Outcome : 01.01.01 Distinguish among the levels of biological organization.
Section : 01.01
Topic : Ecology
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > Levels of biological organization



8) Which of the following terms best describes a conceptual scheme in science that is strongly
supported, has not yet been found incorrect, and is based on the results of many
observations?
8) ______
A) a scientific model
B) an experiment
C) descriptive research
D) a scientific theory or principle
E) experimental results

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 2. Understand
Gradable : automatic
Learning Outcome : 01.03.02 Distinguish between a theory and a hypothesis.
Section : 01.03
Topic : Process of Science
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > Definition of theory




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