Chapter 01
What Is Biology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If one group is given some medicine that may cure a disease and the other group is given
a sugar pill, the group who got the medicine is the
A. Hypothetical group.
B. Scientific group.
C. Control group.
D. Experimental group.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and describe five elements of the scientific method.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
2. Which is not a characteristic of all life?
A. responsiveness
B. evolution
C. reproduction
D. random cell structure
Bloom's Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
,3. In an experiment that has a control and experimental group, the dependent variable is
A. observed in the experimental group.
B. not observed in the control group.
C. the result of the independent variable.
D. All of these statements are true.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and describe five elements of the scientific method.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
4. A good hypothesis must
A. be a logical explanation of events.
B. be testable.
C. account for all current information related to the events being studied.
D. All of these statements are true.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: State two characteristics of a good hypothesis.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
5. A characteristic of life is
A. chemical bonds.
B. the use of oxygen.
C. the production of CO2.
D. cellular organization.
Bloom's Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
,6. Which of the following is an example of adaptation, one of the characteristics of life?
A. The evolutionary changes that occur to a species
B. Sexual reproduction
C. Organismal organization
D. Metabolism
Bloom's Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
7. A control group differs from an experimental group
A. in the number of test organisms used.
B. by the independent variable.
C. in several ways.
D. in no way.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and describe five elements of the scientific method.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
8. A reason an automobile engine is not considered to be living is that it is not able to
A. utilize energy.
B. change its activities.
C. make copies of itself.
D. utilize chemical reactions.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
, 9. All of the chemical reactions that take place within your body are known as
A. organismal structure.
B. metabolism.
C. irritability.
D. adaptation.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
10. A controlled experiment is one in which
A. variables are allowed only in the control group.
B. only one independent variable is allowed in the experimental group.
C. all the variables are controlled.
D. dependent variables are introduced in the control group.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and describe five elements of the scientific method.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
11. Removal of herbal medicines from USDA regulation by the DSHEA in 1994 led to
A. marketers proving that the medications work.
B. marketers providing misinformation about the effectiveness of the herbal medicines.
C. decreased use of herbal medicines.
D. none of these.
Bloom's Level: 3. Apply
Learning Outcome: Define and give an example of pseudoscience.
Section: 01.03
Topic: General
What Is Biology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If one group is given some medicine that may cure a disease and the other group is given
a sugar pill, the group who got the medicine is the
A. Hypothetical group.
B. Scientific group.
C. Control group.
D. Experimental group.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and describe five elements of the scientific method.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
2. Which is not a characteristic of all life?
A. responsiveness
B. evolution
C. reproduction
D. random cell structure
Bloom's Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
,3. In an experiment that has a control and experimental group, the dependent variable is
A. observed in the experimental group.
B. not observed in the control group.
C. the result of the independent variable.
D. All of these statements are true.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and describe five elements of the scientific method.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
4. A good hypothesis must
A. be a logical explanation of events.
B. be testable.
C. account for all current information related to the events being studied.
D. All of these statements are true.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: State two characteristics of a good hypothesis.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
5. A characteristic of life is
A. chemical bonds.
B. the use of oxygen.
C. the production of CO2.
D. cellular organization.
Bloom's Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
,6. Which of the following is an example of adaptation, one of the characteristics of life?
A. The evolutionary changes that occur to a species
B. Sexual reproduction
C. Organismal organization
D. Metabolism
Bloom's Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
7. A control group differs from an experimental group
A. in the number of test organisms used.
B. by the independent variable.
C. in several ways.
D. in no way.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and describe five elements of the scientific method.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
8. A reason an automobile engine is not considered to be living is that it is not able to
A. utilize energy.
B. change its activities.
C. make copies of itself.
D. utilize chemical reactions.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
, 9. All of the chemical reactions that take place within your body are known as
A. organismal structure.
B. metabolism.
C. irritability.
D. adaptation.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and give an example of five characteristics typical of living things.
Section: 01.04
Topic: General
10. A controlled experiment is one in which
A. variables are allowed only in the control group.
B. only one independent variable is allowed in the experimental group.
C. all the variables are controlled.
D. dependent variables are introduced in the control group.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: List and describe five elements of the scientific method.
Section: 01.02
Topic: General
11. Removal of herbal medicines from USDA regulation by the DSHEA in 1994 led to
A. marketers proving that the medications work.
B. marketers providing misinformation about the effectiveness of the herbal medicines.
C. decreased use of herbal medicines.
D. none of these.
Bloom's Level: 3. Apply
Learning Outcome: Define and give an example of pseudoscience.
Section: 01.03
Topic: General
