TEST BANK FOR CAMPBELL BIOLOGY 12th EDITION BY LISA A. URRY | ALL CHAPTERS COVERED

,CampbelluBiology,u12eu(Urry)
Chapteru1 Evolution,utheuThemesuofuBiology,uanduScientificuInquiry

1.1 Multiple-ChoiceuQuestions

1)uCellsuareu________.
onlyufounduinupairs,ubecauseusingleucellsucannotuexistuindependently
limiteduinusizeutou200uandu500umicrometersuinudiameter
characteristicuofueukaryoticubutunotuprokaryoticuorganisms
characteristicuofuprokaryoticuandueukaryoticuorganisms
Answer:uD
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuKnowledge/Comprehension
Section:u1.1

Inucomparisonutoueukaryotes,uprokaryotesu_______
_.uA)uareumoreustructurallyucomplex
B)uareulargeru
C)uareusmaller
D)udounotuhaveumembrane
suAnswer:uC
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuKnowledge/Comprehension
Section:u1.1

Whichuofutheufollowingutypesuofucellsuutilizeudeoxyribonucleicuacidu(DNA)uasutheirugen
eticumaterialubutudounotuhaveutheiruDNAuencaseduwithinuaunuclearuenvelope?
A)uanimalu
B)uplantuC)
uarchaeanu
D)ufungiuA
nswer:uC
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuApplication/Analysis
Section:u1.1

Touunderstandutheuchemicalubasisuofuinheritance,uweumustuunderstandutheumolecularustruct
ureuofuDNA.uThisuisuanuexampleuofutheuapplicationuofuwhichuconceptutoutheustudyuofubiology
?
A)uevolution
B)uemergentupropertie
suC)ureductionism
D)ufeedbackuregulatio
nuAnswer:uC
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuApplication/Analysis
Section:u1.1




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, Aulocalizedugroupuofuorganismsuthatubelongutoutheusameuspeciesuisucalleduau______
__.uA)ucommunity
B)upopulation
uC)uecosyste
muD)ufamilyu
Answer:uB
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuKnowledge/Comprehension
Section:u1.1

Whichuofutheufollowingustatementsuisutrueuregardingutheucomplexityuofubiologicalusystems?
A)uAnuunderstandinguofutheuinteractionsubetweenudifferentucomponentsuwithinuaulivingusyste
muisuanuapproachutowardsuunderstandingureductionism.
B)uKnowingutheufunctionuofuaucomponentuofuaulivingusystemucanuprovideuinsightsuintou
theustructureuanduorganizationuofutheulivingusystem.
C)uUnderstandingutheuchemicalustructureuofuDNAurevealsuhowuitudirectsutheufunctioningu
ofuaulivingucell.
D)uAnuecosystemudisplaysucomplexupropertiesuofutheubioticucomponentuon
ly.uAnswer:uB
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuApplication/Analysis
Section:u1.1

Whichuofutheufollowinguorderuisucorrectuinutermsuofutheuhierarchyuofutheuorganization?
Ecosystemu→uBiosphereu→uPopulationu→uCommunityu→uOrganism
Biosphereu→uEcosystemu→uPopulationu→uCommunityu→uOrganism
Ecosystemu→uCommunityu→uBiosphereu→uPopulationu→uOrganism
Biosphereu→uEcosystemu→Communityu→uPopulationu→uOrganism
Answer:uD
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuApplication/Analysis
Section:u1.1

Whenuyourubodyutemperatureurisesuonuauhotuday,utheuneuraluanduhormonalumechanismsuactivate
usweating.uEvaporationuofusweatuleadsutoucoolinguofutheubodyusurface.uThisuisuanuexampleuof
________.
A)upositiveufeedbackuregulatio
nuB)unegativeufeedbackuregulat
ionuC)uchemicalucycling
D)uemergentupropertie
suAnswer:uB
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuApplication/Analysis
Section:u1.1




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, Charactersuareutransmittedufromuparentsutouoffspring.u________uareutheuunitsuofuinheritan
ce.uA)uGenes
B)uProtein
suC)uRNAu
D)uDNAu
Answer:uA
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuKnowledge/Comprehension
Section:u1.1

AsulettersuareutouEnglishulanguage,u________uis/areutougeneticuinformation.
proteins
nucleotides
DNAudoubleuhelix
AuanduB
Answer:uuB
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuKnowledge/Comprehension
Section:u1.1

Theuprocessubyuwhichutheuinformationuinuaugeneudirectsutheusynthesisuofuauproteinuisucalled
________.
A)ugeneuexpressio
nuB)ureplication
C)upostutranslationumodificatio
nuD)ucloning
Answer:uA
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuApplication/Analysis
Section:u1.2

Whichuofutheufollowingustatementsuisutrue?
mRNAuisutheuonlyutypeuofuRNAufounduinutheulivingusystem
Alluformsuofulifeuemployutheusameugeneticucode
Autypicaluhumanuliverucelluhasuoneusetuofuchromosomes
Organismsuinteractubutudounotuaffectutheiruenvironme
ntuAnswer:uB
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuKnowledge/Comprehension
Section:u1.2

13)uPlantsuconvertu________.
chemicaluenergyutoumechanicaluenergy.
sunlightutoumechanicaluenergy.
sunlightutouchemicaluenergy.
mechanicaluenergyutouchemicaluenerg
y.uAnswer:uC
Bloom'suTaxonomy:uuKnowledge/Comprehension
Section:u1.2



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