Quiz 1
Ch1
Name
_____________________________
5. Which of the following groups of
organisms contains prokaryotic cells?
Please select the most appropriate
answer.
Remote _____________
a. Bacteria
b. Archaea
c. Plantae
d. Bacteria and Archaea
1. The basic unit of life is the
a. Unit body
b. Protein unit
c. Nucleus
d. Cell
e. Organism
6. Organisms that can extract energy
from light are called __________;
organisms that must obtain energy from
molecules made by other organisms are
called __________.
2. The genetic material is
a. protein
b. RNA
c. A chromosome
d. Unknown
e. DNA
a. herbivores, carnivores
b. photosynthetic,
herbivores
c. heterotroph, autotroph
d. autotroph, heterotroph
3. The ultimate source of energy for all
living things is
a. Food
b. Plants
c. The sun
d. Animals
e. The ocean
7. The process of evolution involves
__________.
a. natural selection of
organisms that produce
more offspring in certain
environmental conditions
b. changes in a species
due to mutations
c. adaptation of an
organism to its
environment
d. all of the above
e. the first and third
answers above
4. Homeostasis is the process by which
__________.
a. living things maintain
their complex structure
and the internal conditions
needed to sustain life
b. living things reproduce
c. some organisms can
enter a kind of suspended
animation to survive harsh
conditions
d. like organisms
associate with like
organisms
8. Bacteria and related organisms have
a cellular structure so different and
unique, that they are set off in their own
kingdom by biologists. Their cell is
called:
a. Eukaryotic
b. Prokaryotic
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c. Dikaryotic
d. Multicellular
e. Basal
9. Which of the following terms includes
all of the others?
a. molecule
b. atom
c. subatomic particle
d. electron
10. The diversity of life is mainly due to
__________.
a. atoms
b. genetic variation
c. prokaryotic cells
d. organ systems
11. Experiments are carefully designed
in an attempt to __________.
a. test a single
experimental variable
b. test multiple
experimental variables
c. prove a hypothesis
d. none of the above
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