BIO 110 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | COMPLETE INTRODUCTORY
BIOLOGY EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Drag the word or description on the left to a dock on the right to test your understanding of the
characteristics of life. - ✔✔Organization
1. Cells make tissues, tissues make organs, and organs make up organ systems
Metabolism
2. Autotrophs use energy from the sun
Homeostasis
3. Your body maintains an internal temperature of 37 degrees Celsius
Reproduction, growth, or development
4. Going through puberty to reach maturity is part of ______.
Evolution
5. If bacteria are exposed to antibiotics, genes that provide natural resistance to the antibiotics will
become more common in the bacterical population
Select all of the following that are characteristics of life. - ✔✔1. Living things are composed of cells.
2. Living things use heat as an energy source.
3. A leaf is made up of several different tissues.
4. Livings things can reproduce and grow.
What term is the least associated with science? - ✔✔proof
What best describes the way in which domain Eukarya is subdivided into kingdoms? - ✔✔The species
within each kingdom have similar energy acquisition methods. Protists are an exception.
A species is classified into one of three domains depending on which of the five qualities of life it
exhibits. - ✔✔False
Which of the following is a question about biology? Select all that apply. - ✔✔- How does water
pollution affect fish in a lake?
- How has a species of bacteria changed since doctors started prescribing antibiotics?
What is the most inclusive level of biological organization illustrated in the image? Click on the correct
box.
(man walking by river with deer) - ✔✔ecosystem
What is the most inclusive level of biological organization illustrated by the image? Click on the correct
box.
(people standing next to zebras) - ✔✔community
, What aspect of this graph shows that the difference in bitterness scores for very hot water and cool
water is not due to random chance? - ✔✔The error bars for cool temperature data and very hot
temperature data do not overlap.
In the tutorial, an experiment examining the effect of brewing temperature on coffee taste was
discussed and is illustrated below. Match each component of the experiment to its correct description. -
✔✔coffee taste- dependent variable
100 people- sample size
water temp- independent variable
brewing time - standardized variable
Drag the term, picture, or description from the left to the domain(s) of life in which it belongs. -
✔✔Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
- Includes unicellular prokaryotic organisms and unicellular eukaryotic organism
Bacteria
- Single-celled organism without a nucleus
- A Streptococcus bacterium
Eukarya
- Mushroom
-Plantae
- Raccoon
- Multicellular organism
Drag the provided terms on the left to the boxes on the right in order of least inclusive (narrowest
category) to most inclusive - ✔✔1. Atom
2. Molecule
3. Organelle
4. Cell
5. Tissue
6. Organ
7. Organ system
8. Organism
9. Population
10. Community
11. Ecosystem
12. Biosphere
Drag the part of the scientific method on the left to the example on the right it best matches. Then, drag
the sentences into the sequence they would most likely happen following a simplified scientific method.
- ✔✔On a walk around a pond John sees that small frogs on the shore only allow him to get within 5
feet before jumping into the water. Part: Observation
BIOLOGY EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Drag the word or description on the left to a dock on the right to test your understanding of the
characteristics of life. - ✔✔Organization
1. Cells make tissues, tissues make organs, and organs make up organ systems
Metabolism
2. Autotrophs use energy from the sun
Homeostasis
3. Your body maintains an internal temperature of 37 degrees Celsius
Reproduction, growth, or development
4. Going through puberty to reach maturity is part of ______.
Evolution
5. If bacteria are exposed to antibiotics, genes that provide natural resistance to the antibiotics will
become more common in the bacterical population
Select all of the following that are characteristics of life. - ✔✔1. Living things are composed of cells.
2. Living things use heat as an energy source.
3. A leaf is made up of several different tissues.
4. Livings things can reproduce and grow.
What term is the least associated with science? - ✔✔proof
What best describes the way in which domain Eukarya is subdivided into kingdoms? - ✔✔The species
within each kingdom have similar energy acquisition methods. Protists are an exception.
A species is classified into one of three domains depending on which of the five qualities of life it
exhibits. - ✔✔False
Which of the following is a question about biology? Select all that apply. - ✔✔- How does water
pollution affect fish in a lake?
- How has a species of bacteria changed since doctors started prescribing antibiotics?
What is the most inclusive level of biological organization illustrated in the image? Click on the correct
box.
(man walking by river with deer) - ✔✔ecosystem
What is the most inclusive level of biological organization illustrated by the image? Click on the correct
box.
(people standing next to zebras) - ✔✔community
, What aspect of this graph shows that the difference in bitterness scores for very hot water and cool
water is not due to random chance? - ✔✔The error bars for cool temperature data and very hot
temperature data do not overlap.
In the tutorial, an experiment examining the effect of brewing temperature on coffee taste was
discussed and is illustrated below. Match each component of the experiment to its correct description. -
✔✔coffee taste- dependent variable
100 people- sample size
water temp- independent variable
brewing time - standardized variable
Drag the term, picture, or description from the left to the domain(s) of life in which it belongs. -
✔✔Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
- Includes unicellular prokaryotic organisms and unicellular eukaryotic organism
Bacteria
- Single-celled organism without a nucleus
- A Streptococcus bacterium
Eukarya
- Mushroom
-Plantae
- Raccoon
- Multicellular organism
Drag the provided terms on the left to the boxes on the right in order of least inclusive (narrowest
category) to most inclusive - ✔✔1. Atom
2. Molecule
3. Organelle
4. Cell
5. Tissue
6. Organ
7. Organ system
8. Organism
9. Population
10. Community
11. Ecosystem
12. Biosphere
Drag the part of the scientific method on the left to the example on the right it best matches. Then, drag
the sentences into the sequence they would most likely happen following a simplified scientific method.
- ✔✔On a walk around a pond John sees that small frogs on the shore only allow him to get within 5
feet before jumping into the water. Part: Observation
