AP Biology Questions with CORRECT Answers

AP Biology Questions with CORRECT Answers

Question:
Biology is the study of .
Answer:
life


Question:
There are a number of properties that all organisms share. In humans, exposure to
ultraviolet light can result in a darkening of the skin. What kind of property is this?
Answer:
response to the environment


Question:
What is the scientific term for a group of interacting individuals of the same type, living
in the same area at the same time?
Answer:
population


Question:
Which series of terms is in the sequence of biological organization from the simplest to
the most complex?
A. community, population, ecosystem, habitat
B. organism, ecosystem, community, population
C. molecule, tissue, cell, membrane
D. cell, tissue, organ, population
Answer:
D. cell, tissue, organ, population

,Question:
Which of the following is true with regard to the relationship between ecosystems and
communities?
A. Ecosystems include the nonliving components of an environment; communities
include only
the living components of an environment.
B. An ecosystem is a part of a community.
C. Ecosystems exclude the living components of an environment; communities include
the
living components of an environment.
D. Soil is an ecosystem component; water is a community component.
Answer:
A. Ecosystems include the
nonliving components of an environment; communities include only the living
components of an environment.


Question:
Tissues are composed of .
Answer:
cells


Question:
The chemical energy used by most organisms for metabolism and growth ultimately
comes from .
Answer:
the sun


Question:
All cells have .
Answer:
a cell membrane


Question:
At which level of interaction does life first appear?
Answer:
cell

,Question:
Plants obtain their energy from .
Answer:
light


Question:
What would happen if an ecosystem lacked decomposers?
Answer:
The ecosystem would stop functioning.


Question:
Energy is incorporated into most ecosystems by .
Answer:
plants


Question:
What is the molecular commonality that is the basis of life's variety?
Answer:
DNA


Question:
Actinosphenia elegans is a unicellular, photosynthetic, eukaryotic organism. To which
domain does it belong?
Answer:
Eukarya


Question:
Typically, in which environment might we find archaea?
Answer:
Arctic


Question:
(The photo contains unicellular, multicellular, and photosynthetic protists.)
Answer:
Protista

, Question:
In which kingdom can multicellular photosynthetic organisms be found?
Answer:
Plantae


Question:
Protists can be distinguished from the plants and fungi because .
Answer:
protists are eukaryotic and include both unicellular organisms and multicellular algae


Question:
Which group within the domain Eukarya represents organisms that are generally
single-celled?
Answer:
Protista


Question:
Eukaryotic organisms that decompose dead organisms and absorb the nutrients are
generally found in which kingdom?
Answer:
Fungi


Question:
Humans are members of the . (domain)
Answer:
domain Eukarya


Question:
Humans are members of the . (kingdom)
Answer:
kingdom Animalia