QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Identify the part of the new scientific method labeled #1 - ANS Exploration and Discovery
Who attempted to explain change in living things by the idea of the inheritance of acquired
characteristics? - ANS Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
The smallest unit of biological structure that meets the functional requirements of "living" is
the - ANS cell
Which of the following sequences represents the hierarchy of biological organization from the
most complex to the least complex level? - ANS Biosphere, ecosystem, community,
population, organism
A suggested and testable explanation for an event is called a - ANS hypothesis
The type of logical thinking that uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion is
called - ANS inductive reasoning
elements are anything that occupies space and has mass. True or False? - ANS False
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Atoms that gain or lose electrons - ANS ions
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, Covalent bonds are formed by attractive between. positively and negatively charged ions. True
or False? - ANS False
What type of chemical bond stabilizes crystals of table salt? - ANS Ionic bonds
water molecules attract one another via? - ANS hydrogen bonds
Which of the following elements is not particularly associated with living things? - ANS silicon
The 'backbones' of the macromolecules of life are made of what element? - ANS Carbon
Why is carbon dioxide not considered to be an organic molecule? - ANS it doesn't contain
hydrogen and doesn't have other carbon atoms bonded to it
What are the building blocks of carbohydrates? - ANS monosaccharides
Glucose - ANS monosaccharide
starch - ANS polysaccharide
sucrose - ANS disaccharide
galactose - ANS monosaccharide
cellulose - ANS polysaccharide
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