Type:
Test Bank
Resource:
Campbell Essential Biology
Edition:
4th Edition
Author(s):
Eric J. Simon Jean L. Dickey Jane B. Reece
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) In what way(s) is the science of biology influencing and changing our culture? 1) _______ A) by revolutionizing medicine and agriculture B) by reshaping our understanding of psychology and sociology C) by helping us evaluate environmental issues D) by providing new tools for solving crimes E) all of the above 2) What is biology? A) the scientific study of life B) the scientific study of DNA C) the scientific study of ecosystems D) the scientific study of the environment E) the scientific study of organelles
2) _______
3) Which of the following is not a property of life? A) Organisms respond to environmental stimuli. B) Organisms take in energy and use it to perform all of life's activities. C) Populations of organisms are unable to change over time. D) Living things exhibit complex but ordered organization. E) Organisms reproduce their own kind.
3) _______
4) What are the two main processes that ecosystems depend upon? A) speciation and evolution B) photosynthesis and primary production C) sunlight and photosynthesis D) nutrient cycling and energy flow E) decomposition and nutrient recycling
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5) Which of the following is not recycled but is lost from ecosystems? A) nitrogen B) carbon C) magnesium D) energy E) sodium
5) _______
6) Which of the following is a producer? A) earthworm B) cat C) house plant D) dog E) sun
6) _______
7) Humans are ______. A) ecosystems B) producers C) cells D) decomposers E) consumers
7) _______
8) Which of the following structures can perform all the activities required for life? A) A, G, C, and T B) nuclei C) DNA molecules D) organelles E) cells
8) _______
9) Relative to prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells are usually ______. A) larger and equally complex B) larger and more complex C) smaller and equally complex D) smaller and simpler E) smaller and more complex
9) _______
10) Humans are composed of ______ cells. A) bacterial B) prokaryotic C) eukaryotic D) archaeal E) plant
10) ______
11) What name is given to the functional compartments of a cell? A) bacteria B) nuclei C) genomes D) organelles
11) ______ E) genes
12) The DNA of a eukaryotic cell is found within the ______. A) insulin B) nucleus C) prokaryotic cell D) archaea E) ecosystem 13) What are eukaryotic genes composed of? A) DNA B) RNA C) G
12) ______
13) ______ D) A
E) C
14) What is a gene? A) a unit of heredity B) a type of eukaryotic cell C) an organelle that houses DNA D) a type of animal cell E) a type of prokaryotic cell 15) The human genome consists of about ______ chemical letters. A) 10,000 B) 300,000 C) 1 million D) 3 billion 16) More than half of all known species are ______. A) fish B) insects C) bacteria D) vertebrates E) plants
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15) ______ E) 300 billion 16) ______
17) Taxonomy is the ______. A) study of cells B) study of genes C) naming and classifying of species D) study of natural selection E) study of organisms and their interaction with the environment
17) ______
18) How does taxonomy assist biologists? A) by categorizing diverse items into smaller and smaller numbers of groups B) by reducing life to its smallest common denominator, the cell C) by explaining why life exists D) by providing easily remembered scientific names for organisms E) all of the above
18) ______
19) Which domain(s) consist(s) of prokaryotic cells? A) Eukarya only B) Bacteria and Archaea C) Archaea only D) Bacteria only E) Archaea and Eukarya
19) ______
20) Which kingdom of Eukarya consists primarily of unicellular organisms? A) Protista B) Fungi C) Bacteria D) Plantae
20) ______ E) Animalia
21) A newly discovered multicellular organism obtains food by digesting dead organisms. Such an organism is most likely a member of the kingdom ______. A) Protista B) Plantae C) Eukarya D) Fungi E) Animalia
21) ______
22) Members of the kingdom Plantae differ from members of the other kingdoms of Eukarya in that most members of the kingdom Plantae ______. A) are consumers B) are decomposers C) are unicellular D) produce their own food E) obtain food by ingestion
22) ______
23) The branch of biology that explains both the diversity and the unity of life is ______. A) microbiology B) evolution C) taxonomy D) physiology E) genetics
23) ______
24) Which of these is most closely associated with Darwin? A) ecosystem structure B) organelles C) DNA D) natural selection E) the three domains of life
24) ______
25) Which of these is required for natural selection to occur? A) individual variation
25) ______
B) overproduction C) unequal reproductive success D) inheritance E) all of the above 26) Unequal reproductive success ______. A) always decreases the size of a population B) increases variation C) can lead to natural selection D) does not affect the frequency of expression of traits in succeeding generations of a population E) can lead to a population being less well adapted to its environment
26) ______
27) What does adaptation mean in a biological context? A) the ability of organisms to alter their appearance under changing environmental conditions B) the accumulation of favorable variations in a population over time C) the changes that occur in individuals as they grow and develop D) the way an individual's body adjusts to its environment E) all of the above
27) ______
28) What accounts for the different breeds of domesticated dogs? A) natural selection B) competition C) overproduction D) artificial selection E) variation
28) ______
29) Over a span of two decades, scientists measured changes in the beak size of a population of Galápagos ground finches. This ______. A) led Darwin to his theory of evolution through natural selection B) provided evidence of natural selection in action C) is an example of artificial selection D) is an example of overproduction E) occurred because of selective predation
29) ______
30) Science is ______. A) the inquiry-based effort to describe and explain nature B) the search for truth C) an organized set of principles for how to ethically and morally behave D) the explanation of phenomena based on supernatural causation E) all of the above
30) ______
31) What is the difference between discovery science and hypothesis-driven science? A) Discovery science involves predictions about outcomes, whereas hypothesis-driven science involves tentative answers to specific questions. B) Discovery science is based on deductive reasoning, whereas hypothesis-driven science is based on inductive reasoning. C) Discovery science is mostly about describing nature, whereas hypothesis-driven science tries to explain nature. D) Discovery science "discovers" new knowledge, whereas hypothesis-driven science does not. E) There is no difference between them.
31) ______