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Part 1 of 7 - Part 1: Text Material 27.0 Points Question 1 of 31 3.0 Points What is an example of a response to stimuli in a living organism? • A. A plant bending towards the sun • B. A bacteria taking up nutrients from the soil • C. A bear hibernating in the winter • D. A fungi crawling away from a person Feedback:Great. Question 2 of 31 3.0 Points Which statement would be a hypothesis using the scientific method? • A. If my sprinklers are not working, then my flowers will also die. • B. There must be something wrong with my sprinkler. • C. My grass is not growing. • D. Why isn’t my grass growing? • E. I turn on my sprinklers. Feedback:Great job. Question 3 of 31 3.0 Points Which type of science seeks to use science to solver real-world problems? • A. applied • B. natural • C. empirical • D. basic Feedback:Great. Question 4 of 31 3.0 Points What process do scientists use as a way to perform research with defined steps that include experiments and careful observation? • A. A journal article • B. A clean lab bench • C. The right hypothesis • D. The scientific method Feedback:Great job. Question 5 of 31 3.0 Points What is adaptation due to? • A. a consequence of evolution by natural selection • B. a change in eating habits due to health issues • C. altering reproduction from single to multi-cell • D. response to touching a thorn on a plant Feedback:Great. Question 6 of 31 3.0 Points What is the correct order from highest level to lowest level of taxonomic hierarchy? • A. Family, order, genus, species • B. Genus, species, order, family • C. Species, genus, family, order • D. Order, family, genus, species Feedback:Great. Question 7 of 31 3.0 Points What is a good basic definition of biology? • A. The science that studies life. • B. The science that studies art. • C. The science that studies rocks. • D. The science that studies death. • E. The science that studies chemicals. Feedback:Great. Question 8 of 31 3.0 Points Which type of science seeks to expand knowledge regardless of the short-term application of that knowledge? • A. applied • B. natural • C. empirical • D. basic Feedback:Great. Question 9 of 31 3.0 Points What is the main reason offspring will belong to the same species as the parents? • A. They share the same habitat. • B. They share the same genes. • C. They share the same food. • D. They share the same environment. Feedback:Great.