,CHAPTER 1
TRUE/FALSEl-lWritel'T'liflthelstatementlisltruelandl'F'liflthelstatementlislfalse.
1) Membersloflthelsamelspecieslsharelmanylmorelcharacteristicslcomparedltolthoselsharedlbyl
membersloflthelsamelkingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Viruseslarel notlclassifiedlinlanyloflWhittaker'slfivelkingdoms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) MembersloflthelkingdomlFungilarelphotosynthetic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Alscientistlstudyinglhelminthslislworkinglwithlbacteria.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) ThelfossillrecordlhaslestablishedlthatlprokaryoteslexistedlonlEarthlforlapproximatelyltwolbilli
onlyearslbeforeleukaryoteslevolved.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Itlhaslbeenloverl25lyearslsincelalnewlinfectiousldiseaselhaslemergedlinlthelworld.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Theltermlsterilelmeanslfreeloflallllife-forms.
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, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Alllmicroorganismslarelparasites.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Duringlalscientificlexperiment,lthelcontrollgrouplislusedltoldirectlyltestlorlmeasurelthelcons
equencesloflalvariablelinlthelstudy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Thelscientificlmethodlinvolveslformulatinglaltentativelexplanation,lcalledlthelhypothesis,ltola
ccountlforlwhatlhaslbeenlobservedlorlmeasured.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Oncelanlorganismlislassignedltolalparticularltaxonomiclhierarchy,litlislpermanentlandlcan
notlbelrevised.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Whenlthelresultsloflanlexperimentlsupportlalhypothesis,lthelhypothesislcanlnowlbelcon
sideredlaltheory.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) Thelnamesloflthelthreelproposedldomainslare:lBacteria,lProtista,lEukarya.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 14) Oneldistinguishinglcharacteristicloflarchaeaislthatltheyllivelinlextremelenvironments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Somelmicroorganismslcanlphotosynthesize,lbutltheirloveralllcontributionltolEarth'slat
mosphericloxygenlislverylsmalllinlcomparisonltolplantlphotosynthesis.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Anylmicroorganismlonlorlinlthelhumanlbodylislconsideredlalpathogen.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) Theorieslarelsupportedlbylmorelevidencelthanlhypotheses.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLElCHOICEl-
lChooselthelonelalternativelthatlbestlcompleteslthelstatementlorlanswerslthelquestion.
18) Disease-causinglmicroorganismslarelcalled
A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.
C) pathogens.
D) eukaryotes.
E) fermenters.
19) Thelmicroorganismslthatlrecyclelnutrientslbylbreakingldownldeadlmatterlandlwasteslarelcall
ed
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TRUE/FALSEl-lWritel'T'liflthelstatementlisltruelandl'F'liflthelstatementlislfalse.
1) Membersloflthelsamelspecieslsharelmanylmorelcharacteristicslcomparedltolthoselsharedlbyl
membersloflthelsamelkingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Viruseslarel notlclassifiedlinlanyloflWhittaker'slfivelkingdoms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) MembersloflthelkingdomlFungilarelphotosynthetic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Alscientistlstudyinglhelminthslislworkinglwithlbacteria.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) ThelfossillrecordlhaslestablishedlthatlprokaryoteslexistedlonlEarthlforlapproximatelyltwolbilli
onlyearslbeforeleukaryoteslevolved.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Itlhaslbeenloverl25lyearslsincelalnewlinfectiousldiseaselhaslemergedlinlthelworld.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Theltermlsterilelmeanslfreeloflallllife-forms.
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, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Alllmicroorganismslarelparasites.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Duringlalscientificlexperiment,lthelcontrollgrouplislusedltoldirectlyltestlorlmeasurelthelcons
equencesloflalvariablelinlthelstudy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Thelscientificlmethodlinvolveslformulatinglaltentativelexplanation,lcalledlthelhypothesis,ltola
ccountlforlwhatlhaslbeenlobservedlorlmeasured.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Oncelanlorganismlislassignedltolalparticularltaxonomiclhierarchy,litlislpermanentlandlcan
notlbelrevised.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Whenlthelresultsloflanlexperimentlsupportlalhypothesis,lthelhypothesislcanlnowlbelcon
sideredlaltheory.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) Thelnamesloflthelthreelproposedldomainslare:lBacteria,lProtista,lEukarya.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 14) Oneldistinguishinglcharacteristicloflarchaeaislthatltheyllivelinlextremelenvironments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Somelmicroorganismslcanlphotosynthesize,lbutltheirloveralllcontributionltolEarth'slat
mosphericloxygenlislverylsmalllinlcomparisonltolplantlphotosynthesis.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Anylmicroorganismlonlorlinlthelhumanlbodylislconsideredlalpathogen.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) Theorieslarelsupportedlbylmorelevidencelthanlhypotheses.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLElCHOICEl-
lChooselthelonelalternativelthatlbestlcompleteslthelstatementlorlanswerslthelquestion.
18) Disease-causinglmicroorganismslarelcalled
A) decomposers.
B) prokaryotes.
C) pathogens.
D) eukaryotes.
E) fermenters.
19) Thelmicroorganismslthatlrecyclelnutrientslbylbreakingldownldeadlmatterlandlwasteslarelcall
ed
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