BIO 100- Exam 1 Cogbooks UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What advantage do multicellular organism have over single-celled organisms? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Cells can be specialized to perform specific functions in multicellular
organisms, and cells can be sacrificed for the good of the organisms as a whole.
Which of the following is an example of a response to a stimulus? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A flower closing its petals because of a sudden drop in air temperatures.
Reduced leaves on a cacti allow for them to live in the desert. This is an example of what
characteristic of life? - CORRECT ANSWER - Adaptation
Which property of life is best illustrated by the ability of humans to maintain an internal body
temperature of approximately 98.6 degrees? - CORRECT ANSWER - Homeostasis
Offspring grow up to exhibit many of the same characteristics as their parents because of the ___
they receive from their parents during reproduction. - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA and
Genes
The smallest unit of biological structure that meets the functional requirements of "living" is the
- CORRECT ANSWER - cell
Which of the following statements is false? - CORRECT ANSWER - Communities exist
within populations which exist within ecosystems.
Which of the following sequences represents the hierarchy of biological organization from the
most complex to the least complex level? - CORRECT ANSWER - Biosphere, ecosystem,
community, population, organism
, The great diversity of life on Earth is the result of - CORRECT ANSWER - evolution
Which of the following statements is false? - CORRECT ANSWER - Organism placed in
the same genus are least closely related.
A suggested and testable explanation for an event is called a ___ - CORRECT ANSWER -
hypothesis
A thoroughly tested and confirmed explanation for observations or phenomena is called ___ -
CORRECT ANSWER - scientific theory
Faith is not science because it cannot be ___ - CORRECT ANSWER - tested, measured,
disproved, or observed.
Consider the following statement: "If all vertebrates have backbones, and snakes are vertebrates,
then snakes have backbones." This statement is an example of ___ - CORRECT
ANSWER - deductive reasoning
The type of science that begins with a specific explanation that is then tested is called ___ -
CORRECT ANSWER - hypothesis-based science
To be scientifically valid, a hypothesis must be ___ - CORRECT ANSWER - testable and
falsifiable
Which part of this scientific method example is the hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER -
My car is out of gas.
A form of science that solves real-work problems is - CORRECT ANSWER - applied
science
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What advantage do multicellular organism have over single-celled organisms? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Cells can be specialized to perform specific functions in multicellular
organisms, and cells can be sacrificed for the good of the organisms as a whole.
Which of the following is an example of a response to a stimulus? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A flower closing its petals because of a sudden drop in air temperatures.
Reduced leaves on a cacti allow for them to live in the desert. This is an example of what
characteristic of life? - CORRECT ANSWER - Adaptation
Which property of life is best illustrated by the ability of humans to maintain an internal body
temperature of approximately 98.6 degrees? - CORRECT ANSWER - Homeostasis
Offspring grow up to exhibit many of the same characteristics as their parents because of the ___
they receive from their parents during reproduction. - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA and
Genes
The smallest unit of biological structure that meets the functional requirements of "living" is the
- CORRECT ANSWER - cell
Which of the following statements is false? - CORRECT ANSWER - Communities exist
within populations which exist within ecosystems.
Which of the following sequences represents the hierarchy of biological organization from the
most complex to the least complex level? - CORRECT ANSWER - Biosphere, ecosystem,
community, population, organism
, The great diversity of life on Earth is the result of - CORRECT ANSWER - evolution
Which of the following statements is false? - CORRECT ANSWER - Organism placed in
the same genus are least closely related.
A suggested and testable explanation for an event is called a ___ - CORRECT ANSWER -
hypothesis
A thoroughly tested and confirmed explanation for observations or phenomena is called ___ -
CORRECT ANSWER - scientific theory
Faith is not science because it cannot be ___ - CORRECT ANSWER - tested, measured,
disproved, or observed.
Consider the following statement: "If all vertebrates have backbones, and snakes are vertebrates,
then snakes have backbones." This statement is an example of ___ - CORRECT
ANSWER - deductive reasoning
The type of science that begins with a specific explanation that is then tested is called ___ -
CORRECT ANSWER - hypothesis-based science
To be scientifically valid, a hypothesis must be ___ - CORRECT ANSWER - testable and
falsifiable
Which part of this scientific method example is the hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER -
My car is out of gas.
A form of science that solves real-work problems is - CORRECT ANSWER - applied
science
