Test Bank for Biology The Dynamic Science 5th Edition.pdf

Test Bank for Biology: The Dynamic Science 5th Edition
Russell

,1. The science of ____ explains the origin and persistence of life, and studies the changes in living things.
a. nanotechnology
b. biology
c. pharmacology
d. mathematics
e. chemistry
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 1.1 What Is Life? Characteristics of Living Organisms
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: DYNS.RUSS.21.01.1 - Describe seven characteristics of living systems that
distinguish them from nonliving systems.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

2. The difference between living and nonliving matter depends not only on the kinds of atoms and molecules present, but
on their ____ as well.
a. chemical complexity
b. electrons
c. organization and interactions
d. atomic profile
e. energy levels
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 1.1 What Is Life? Characteristics of Living Organisms
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: DYNS.RUSS.21.01.1 - Describe seven characteristics of living systems that
distinguish them from nonliving systems.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

3. A cell is minimally defined by ____.
a. a nucleus that contains DNA
b. an organized chemical system and specialized molecules and subcellular structures surrounded by a membrane
c. an organized chemical system for harnessing energy
d. a membrane comprised of phospholipids
e. specialized molecules that respond to their environment
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 1.1 What Is Life? Characteristics of Living Organisms
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: DYNS.RUSS.21.01.2 - Identify the emergent properties at each level in the
hierarchy of biological organization.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

4. The lowest level of biological organization that can survive and reproduce is the ____.
a. cell
b. tissue
c. proton
d. nucleus
e. DNA
ANSWER: a

, REFERENCES: 1.1 What Is Life? Characteristics of Living Organisms
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: DYNS.RUSS.21.01.2 - Identify the emergent properties at each level in the
hierarchy of biological organization.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

5. Emergent properties are ____.
a. characteristics of atoms but not molecules
b. characteristics that depend on the level of organization of matter but do not exist at lower levels of
organization
c. characteristics of nonliving matter that depend on the level of organization
d. dependent on higher levels of organization of living and nonliving matter
e. characteristics of all multicellular organisms but not unicellular organisms
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 1.1 What Is Life? Characteristics of Living Organisms
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: DYNS.RUSS.21.01.2 - Identify the emergent properties at each level in the
hierarchy of biological organization.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

6. Bacteria and protozoans ____.
a. can be either unicellular or multicellular organisms
b. reside solely in oceans
c. are multicellular organisms
d. are unicellular organisms
e. are precursors to cells
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 1.1 What Is Life? Characteristics of Living Organisms
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: DYNS.RUSS.21.01.2 - Identify the emergent properties at each level in the
hierarchy of biological organization.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

7. Every population of animals has an age structure, a graphical representation of the distribution of age groups within the
population. While each individual in a population has a specific age, individuals themselves do not have an age structure.
Age structure is therefore an example of a(n) ____ property.
a. emergent
b. hierarchical
c. environmental
d. organizational
e. cellular
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.1 What Is Life? Characteristics of Living Organisms
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: DYNS.RUSS.21.01.2 - Identify the emergent properties at each level in the
hierarchy of biological organization.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Apply