SLCC Biology 1090 Unit 1 Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER What is the name for the ability of living things to
maintain a relatively constant internal environment?
Using both a treatment and a control group - CORRECT ANSWER Eliminate as many
alternative hypotheses as possible
"Blinding" both the researcher and the participants - CORRECT ANSWER Eliminate the
possibility of bias
Using groups as large as possible - CORRECT ANSWER Assure that the sampled group
represents the population as a whole
Hypothesis/Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER A well stated ___ allows a researcher to make
a/an ____ which can then be tested.
Domain - CORRECT ANSWER In the classification of living organisms, what level of
organization is the group called Archaea?
Genes made from proteins - CORRECT ANSWER Each of the following is a feature of all
known living things EXCEPT
Anecdotal evidence. - CORRECT ANSWER Celebrities Jenny mccarthy and Jim Carrey are big
proponents of anti-vaccination claiming that it causes autism in children. Their testimonial in news
media is a classic example of ___________.
Plasma membrane, ribosome - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following could describe
the contents of a prokaryotic cell?
They all belong to the animal kingdom
, They all belong to the phylum Chordata
They all belong to the domain Eukarya - CORRECT ANSWER Rabbits, turtles, fish, humans,
and whales all share certain characteristics but also differ from each other. One of the characteristics
(among others) that all of these particular organisms share is the fact that they all have a backbone.
What level(s) of classification do all of these organisms share?
Short stories from a personal history - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following is an
example of a process that yields anecdotal evidence rather than scientific evidence?
Eukaryotic - CORRECT ANSWER What kind of cells are humans composed of?
Proteins - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following macromolecules is/are best
demonstrated by all of the following descriptions?
• Can be broken down and components utilized in aerobic respiration
• Organic molecule derived primarily of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
• Monomers are called amino acids
• The sequence of its monomers, and thus its final shape, is determined by genes
Two water molecules are attracted to each other with hydrogen bonds - CORRECT
ANSWER Water is cohesive because
Carbon - CORRECT ANSWER The important elements for life include carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus. Which of these is the most prevalent in the biomolecules
because it forms the "backbone" of these molecules?
Carbon - CORRECT ANSWER An organic compound always contains one or more atoms of
____________.
Autotrophs - CORRECT ANSWER The process of capturing solar energy and carbon dioxide
to produce biological molecules is done by
The outer electron shell is full
The number of protons and electrons are equal - CORRECT ANSWER Atoms are "happy" and
thus most stable when
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER What is the name for the ability of living things to
maintain a relatively constant internal environment?
Using both a treatment and a control group - CORRECT ANSWER Eliminate as many
alternative hypotheses as possible
"Blinding" both the researcher and the participants - CORRECT ANSWER Eliminate the
possibility of bias
Using groups as large as possible - CORRECT ANSWER Assure that the sampled group
represents the population as a whole
Hypothesis/Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER A well stated ___ allows a researcher to make
a/an ____ which can then be tested.
Domain - CORRECT ANSWER In the classification of living organisms, what level of
organization is the group called Archaea?
Genes made from proteins - CORRECT ANSWER Each of the following is a feature of all
known living things EXCEPT
Anecdotal evidence. - CORRECT ANSWER Celebrities Jenny mccarthy and Jim Carrey are big
proponents of anti-vaccination claiming that it causes autism in children. Their testimonial in news
media is a classic example of ___________.
Plasma membrane, ribosome - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following could describe
the contents of a prokaryotic cell?
They all belong to the animal kingdom
, They all belong to the phylum Chordata
They all belong to the domain Eukarya - CORRECT ANSWER Rabbits, turtles, fish, humans,
and whales all share certain characteristics but also differ from each other. One of the characteristics
(among others) that all of these particular organisms share is the fact that they all have a backbone.
What level(s) of classification do all of these organisms share?
Short stories from a personal history - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following is an
example of a process that yields anecdotal evidence rather than scientific evidence?
Eukaryotic - CORRECT ANSWER What kind of cells are humans composed of?
Proteins - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following macromolecules is/are best
demonstrated by all of the following descriptions?
• Can be broken down and components utilized in aerobic respiration
• Organic molecule derived primarily of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
• Monomers are called amino acids
• The sequence of its monomers, and thus its final shape, is determined by genes
Two water molecules are attracted to each other with hydrogen bonds - CORRECT
ANSWER Water is cohesive because
Carbon - CORRECT ANSWER The important elements for life include carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus. Which of these is the most prevalent in the biomolecules
because it forms the "backbone" of these molecules?
Carbon - CORRECT ANSWER An organic compound always contains one or more atoms of
____________.
Autotrophs - CORRECT ANSWER The process of capturing solar energy and carbon dioxide
to produce biological molecules is done by
The outer electron shell is full
The number of protons and electrons are equal - CORRECT ANSWER Atoms are "happy" and
thus most stable when
