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,CampbellvBiology,v11ev(Urry)
Chapterv1v Evolution,vthevThemesvofvBiology,vandvScientificvInquiry

1.1 Multiple-ChoicevQuestions

1) Cellsvare .
A) onlyvfoundvinvpairs,vbecausevsinglevcellsvcannotvexistvindependently
B) limitedvinvsizevtov200vandv500vmicrometersvinvdiameter
C) characteristicvofveukaryoticvbutvnotvprokaryoticvorganisms
D) characteristicvofvprokaryoticvandveukaryoticvorganismsv
Answer:v D
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Knowledge/Comprehensionv
Section:v 1.1

2) Invcomparisonvtoveukaryotes,vprokaryotes .
A) arevmorevstructurallyvcomplex
B) arevlarger
C) arevsmaller
D) dovnotvhavevmembranesv
Answer:v C
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Knowledge/Comprehensionv
Section:v 1.1

3) Whichvofvthevfollowingvtypesvofvcellsvutilizevdeoxyribonucleicvacidv(DNA)vasvtheirvgeneticv
materialvbutvdovnotvhavevtheirvDNAvencasedvwithinvavnuclearvenvelope?
A) animal
B) plant
C) archaean
D) fungivA
nswer:v C
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Application/Analysisv
Section:v 1.1

4) Tovunderstandvthevchemicalvbasisvofvinheritance,vwevmustvunderstandvthevmolecularvstructurevo
fvDNA.vThisvisvanvexamplevofvthevapplicationvofvwhichvconceptvtovthevstudyvofvbiology?
A) evolution
B) emergentvproperties
C) reductionism
D) feedbackvregulationv
Answer:v C
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Application/Analysisv
Section:v 1.1




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,5) Avlocalizedvgroupvofvorganismsvthatvbelongvtovthevsamevspeciesvisvcalledva .
A) community
B) population
C) ecosystem
D) familyv
Answer:v B
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Knowledge/Comprehensionv
Section:v 1.1

6) Whichvofvthevfollowingvstatementsvisvtruevregardingvthevcomplexityvofvbiologicalvsystems?
A) Anvunderstandingvofvthevinteractionsvbetweenvdifferentvcomponentsvwithinvavlivingvsystemvisva
nvapproachvtowardsvunderstandingvreductionism.
B) Knowingvthevfunctionvofvavcomponentvofvavlivingvsystemvcanvprovidevinsightsvintovthevs
tructurevandvorganizationvofvthevlivingvsystem.
C) UnderstandingvthevchemicalvstructurevofvDNAvrevealsvhowvitvdirectsvthevfunctioningvofvavli
vingvcell.
D) Anvecosystemvdisplaysvcomplexvpropertiesvofvthevbioticvcomponentvonly.v
Answer:vB
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Application/Analysisv
Section:v 1.1

7) Whichvofvthevfollowingvordervisvcorrectvinvtermsvofvthevhierarchyvofvthevorganization?
A) Ecosystemv→vBiospherev→vPopulationv→vCommunityv→vOrganism
B) Biospherev→vEcosystemv→vPopulationv→vCommunityv→vOrganism
C) Ecosystemv→vCommunityv→vBiospherev→vPopulationv→vOrganism
D) Biospherev→vEcosystemv→Communityv→vPopulationv→vOrganismv
Answer:v D
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Application/Analysisv
Section:v 1.1

8) Whenvyourvbodyvtemperaturevrisesvonvavhotvday,vthevneuralvandvhormonalvmechanismsvactivatevs
weating.vEvaporationvofvsweatvleadsvtovcoolingvofvthevbodyvsurface.vThisvisvanvexamplevof
v .
A) positivevfeedbackvregulation
B) negativevfeedbackvregulation
C) chemicalvcycling
D) emergentvpropertiesv
Answer:vB
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Application/Analysisv
Section:v 1.1




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, 9) Charactersvarevtransmittedvfromvparentsvtovoffspring. arevthevunitsvofvinheritance.
A) Genes
B) Proteins
C) RNA
D) DNAvA
nswer:v A
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Knowledge/Comprehensionv
Section:v 1.1

10) AsvlettersvarevtovEnglishvlanguage, is/arevtovgeneticvinformation.
A) proteins
B) nucleotides
C) DNAvdoublevhelix
D) AvandvBv
Answer:v B
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Knowledge/Comprehensionv
Section:v 1.1

11) Thevprocessvbyvwhichvthevinformationvinvavgenevdirectsvthevsynthesisvofvavproteinvisvcalled
v .
A) genevexpression
B) replication
C) postvtranslationvmodification
D) cloningv
Answer:v A
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Application/Analysisv
Section:v 1.2

12) Whichvofvthevfollowingvstatementsvisvtrue?
A) mRNAvisvthevonlyvtypevofvRNAvfoundvinvthevlivingvsystem
B) Allvformsvofvlifevemployvthevsamevgeneticvcode
C) Avtypicalvhumanvlivervcellvhasvonevsetvofvchromosomes
D) Organismsvinteractvbutvdovnotvaffectvtheirvenvironmentv
Answer:vB
Bloom'svTaxonomy:v Knowledge/Comprehensionv
Section:v 1.2

13) Plantsvconvert .
A) chemicalvenergyvtovmechanicalvenergy.
B) sunlightvtovmechanicalvenergy.
C) sunlightvtovchemicalvenergy.
D) mechanicalvenergyvtovchemicalvenergy.v
Answer:v C
Bloom'svTaxonomy:vKnowledge/Comprehensionv
Section:v 1.2



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