BIO 156 EXAMPREP REVIEW SHEET TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● The smallest unit of life is a?
Answer: cell
●● As fall approaches, whitetail deer begin to accumulate a layer of
body fat. This is an example of which characteristic of life?
Answer: Response to the environment
●● Geese are known to use the magnetic field of the Earth navigating
there twice yearly migrations. This is an example of which characteristic
of life?
Answer: interacting with the environment.
●● Richard is an avid Gardener who spends a lot of time caring for the
plants in his garden. To minimize damage from pests from his garden,
Richard use as a pesticide spray. At first the spray is very effective and
kills off most of the insects that he sees on his vegetable plants.
However, after a few years of using the same pesticide he notices that
some insects are surviving and continuing to eat his plants. The ability of
some of the insects to survive pesticide spraying would be considered:
Answer: and adaptation.
, ●● Richard is an avid Gardener who spends a lot of time caring for the
plants in his garden. To minimize damage from pests from his garden,
Richard uses a pesticide spray. The first two sprays very effective and
kills off most of the insects that he sees on his vegetable plants.
However, after a few years of using the same pesticide, he notices that
some insects are surviving and continuing to eat his plants. Constant use
of pesticides by Richard has led to genetic changes in the population
over many generations. This is an example of:
Answer: evolution
●● based on the evolutionary tree of the three domains, which of the
following is true?
A) All three domains have a common ancestor.
B) Domain Bacteria and Domain Eukarya are more closely related to
each other than to Domain Archaea.
C) The Eukarya have remained the same throughout evolutionary time.
D) All three Domains are equally related to one another.
E) The Eukarya are the common ancestors to the three Domains.
Answer: all three domains have a common ancestor.
●● prokaryotes belong to
Answer: domain Archaea
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● The smallest unit of life is a?
Answer: cell
●● As fall approaches, whitetail deer begin to accumulate a layer of
body fat. This is an example of which characteristic of life?
Answer: Response to the environment
●● Geese are known to use the magnetic field of the Earth navigating
there twice yearly migrations. This is an example of which characteristic
of life?
Answer: interacting with the environment.
●● Richard is an avid Gardener who spends a lot of time caring for the
plants in his garden. To minimize damage from pests from his garden,
Richard use as a pesticide spray. At first the spray is very effective and
kills off most of the insects that he sees on his vegetable plants.
However, after a few years of using the same pesticide he notices that
some insects are surviving and continuing to eat his plants. The ability of
some of the insects to survive pesticide spraying would be considered:
Answer: and adaptation.
, ●● Richard is an avid Gardener who spends a lot of time caring for the
plants in his garden. To minimize damage from pests from his garden,
Richard uses a pesticide spray. The first two sprays very effective and
kills off most of the insects that he sees on his vegetable plants.
However, after a few years of using the same pesticide, he notices that
some insects are surviving and continuing to eat his plants. Constant use
of pesticides by Richard has led to genetic changes in the population
over many generations. This is an example of:
Answer: evolution
●● based on the evolutionary tree of the three domains, which of the
following is true?
A) All three domains have a common ancestor.
B) Domain Bacteria and Domain Eukarya are more closely related to
each other than to Domain Archaea.
C) The Eukarya have remained the same throughout evolutionary time.
D) All three Domains are equally related to one another.
E) The Eukarya are the common ancestors to the three Domains.
Answer: all three domains have a common ancestor.
●● prokaryotes belong to
Answer: domain Archaea
