Test Bank Biological Science, 6th Edition (Scott Freeman, Lizabeth A. Allison ) Chapter 1-55 | All Chapters.

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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE C




Textbook Authors c




Scott Freeman, University of Washington
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c Michael Harrington, University of Alberta
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c Joan Sharp, Simon Fraser University
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,Biological cScience, cCanadian cEdition., c2e c(Freeman cet cal.)
cChapter c1 c Biology cand cthe cTree cof cLife




1) The cpattern ccomponent cof cthe ccell ctheory cclaims cthat call corganisms cconsist cof ccells.
A) true
B) false
cAnswer:

cA

Reference: c Section c1.1
cBloom's cLevel: c Remembering

LOs: c Chp1-2. cDescribe cthe ctwo ccomponents cof cthe ccell ctheory.

2) How cdoes ca cscientific ctheory cdiffer cfrom ca cscientific chypothesis?
A) There cis cno cdifference—the cterms care cinterchangeable.
B) A ctheory cis can cexplanation cfor ca cvery cgeneral cphenomenon cor cobservation; chypotheses
ctreat cmore cspecific cobservations.

C) A chypothesis cis can cexplanation cfor ca cvery cgeneral cphenomenon; ctheories ctreat cmore
cspecific cissues.

D) Theories cdefine cscientific claws; chypotheses care cused cto cset cup
cexperiments. cAnswer: c B

Reference: c Section c1.1
Bloom's cLevel: c Comprehension
LOs: c Chp1-2. cDescribe cthe ctwo ccomponents cof cthe ccell ctheory.

3) Algae cin cthe cgenus cCaulerpa ctypically cgrow cto ca clength cof cover chalf ca cmeter cand chave
cstructures csimilar cto cstems, cleaves, cand croots. cReproduction coccurs cwhen cadults cproduce csperm

cand ceggs cthat cfuse cto cform coffspring. cEach cadult cCaulerpa, chowever, cconsists cof cjust ca csingle

ccell. cWhich cof cthe cfollowing cstatements cis ctrue?

A) Caulerpa cviolate cthe cpattern ccomponent cof cthe ccell ctheory—that call corganisms cconsist cof ccells.
B) Caulerpa cviolate cthe cprocess ccomponent cof cthe ccell ctheory—that call ccells ccome
cfrom cpreexisting ccells.

C) Caulerpa cviolate cboth cthe cpattern cand cprocess ccomponents cof cthe ccell ctheory.
D) The cexistence cof cCaulerpa cis cconsistent cwith cthe ccell
ctheory. cAnswer: c D

Reference: c Section c1.1
Bloom's cLevel: c Comprehension
LOs: c Chp1-2. cDescribe cthe ctwo ccomponents cof cthe ccell ctheory.

4) Which cstatement cabout cspontaneous cgeneration cis cFALSE?
A) Pasteur cdemonstrated cthat cit cdoes cnot coccur cunder cnormal claboratory cconditions.
B) It capparently coccurred cat cleast conce–when clife con cEarth cbegan.
C) It coccurs cevery ctime ca cnew cspecies cevolves cfrom ca cpreexisting cspecies.
D) It caddresses cthe cformation cof cliving ccells cfrom cpreviously cnonliving cmaterial.
cAnswer: c C

Reference: c Section c1.1
cBloom's cLevel: c Remembering

LOs: c Chp1-2. cDescribe cthe ctwo ccomponents cof cthe ccell ctheory.

, 5) Recall cPasteur's cexperiment con cspontaneous cgeneration. cOriginally, che cused csealed cand
cunsealed cflasks cinstead cof cswan-necked cand cunsealed cflasks. cCritics cclaimed cthat cthe

cexperiment cwas cinconclusive. cWhich cof cthe cfollowing ccriticisms cwould cbe caddressed cby cusing ca

cswan-necked cflask cinstead cof cthe csealed cflask?

A) The cbroth cwas cheated ctoo cintensively.
B) There chad cnot cbeen cenough ctime cfor cspontaneous cgeneration cto coccur.
C) Fresh cair cis crequired cfor cspontaneous cgeneration.
D) The cbroth cwas cnot cnutritious cenough.
cAnswer: c C

Reference: c Section c1.1
Bloom's cLevel: c Comprehension/Applying
LOs: c Chp1-2. cDescribe cthe ctwo ccomponents cof cthe ccell ctheory.

6) Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cthe cbest cexample cof ca cheritable cvariation?
A) skin ccancer
B) amputation
C) red chair
D) love cfor cmusic
cAnswer: c C

Reference: c Section c1.2
Bloom's cLevel: c Comprehension
LOs: c Chp1-1. cName cfive cfundamental ccharacteristics cshared cby call cliving corganisms.

7) How cdoes cartificial cselection cdiffer cfrom cnatural cselection?
A) Artificial cselection coccurs conly cin ccomputer csimulations, cnot cwith cactual corganisms.
B) Artificial cselection cis cbased con cconscious cchoices cby chumans.
C) Artificial cselection coccurs conly cwith cplants.
D) Artificial cselection cis cnot cbased con cheritable cvariation, cbut con cnew
cmutations. cAnswer: c B

Reference: c Section c1.2
Bloom's cLevel: c Comprehension
LOs: c Chp1-3. cBriefly cexplain cthe ctheory cof cnatural cselection, cand cclarify cthe ctwo cconditions cthat
care cnecessary cand csufficient cfor cnatural cselection cto cbring cabout cevolutionary cchange cin ca

cpopulation.