Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology, 5e Cecie Starr, Christine Evers,
Lisa Starr (Test Bank All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)
CHAPTER 01—INVITATION TO BIOLOGY
Multiple Choice
1. What name is given to the scientific study of life?
a. geography
b. statistics
c. ecology
d. geology
e. biology
ANSWER: e
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on
Earth.
2. The current rate of extinctions is about ____ times faster than normal.
a. 10
b. 100
c. 1000
d. 100,000
e. 1,000,000
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on
Earth.
3. The species extinctions taking place today are being caused by ____ activities.
a. human
b. volcanic
c. plate tectonic
d. extraterrestrial
e. geothermal
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on
Earth.
4. Which of the following represents the most correct order of the organization of life from the smallest unit to the largest?
a. atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → populations → communities → ecosystems → biosphere
b. atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → communities → populations→ ecosystems → biosphere
c. atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → populations → ecosystems → communities → biosphere
d. communities → biosphere → organisms → ecosystems → populations → cells → molecules → atoms
e. biosphere → organisms → communities → ecosystems → populations → molecules → cells → atoms
ANSWER: a
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DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
5. Which of the following organization levels is the least inclusive?
a. population
b. community
c. cell
d. atom
e. molecule
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
6. An ecosystem is made up of ____.
a. only plants, animals and fungi
b. organisms and nonliving things
c. only rocks and minerals
d. only plants, protozoa, and fungi
e. the biosphere of the region
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
7. Lipids, proteins, DNA, RNA, and complex carbohydrates are all ____.
a. minerals
b. atoms
c. cells
d. molecules
e. elements
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
8. The emergent property of “life” appears at the level of the ____, when many molecules become organized.
a. population
b. atom
c. organism
d. cell
e. community
ANSWER: d
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,CHAPTER 01—INVITATION TO BIOLOGY
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
9. A population is composed of individuals of ____.
a. the same species
b. interacting species of different kinds
c. interacting species and nonliving things
d. a single species interacting with nonliving things
e. all species found in a given area
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
10. Living organisms are members of all of the levels listed below. However, soil is a component of ___.
a. the community
b. the population
c. the ecosystem
d. both the population and ecosystem
e. both the community and the biosphere
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
11. Which of the following is a basic component of all of the others?
a. cells
b. organs
c. tissues
d. organism
e. organ systems
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
12. Which of the following represents an activity within a population?
a. a fox consuming a rabbit
b. the absorption of nitrogen by bacteria and converting it to a form useful to plants
c. a peacock spreading and shaking his feathers to attract a female
d. moss growing on the north side of a large pine tree
e. a virus causing rabies in a dog
ANSWER: c
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DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
13. The level of organization that encompasses all regions of Earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere in which organisms
live is known as ____.
a. the biosphere
b. a community
c. an ecosystem
d. a population
e. an organism’s habitat
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
14. Which of the following characteristics are shared by all living organisms?
I. hereditary information is passed to offspring
II. adaptation to environmental change
III. requirement for nutrients
IV. DNA housed in a nucleus
a. I and II
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. I, II, and III
e. I, II, III, and IV
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: 1.3 How Living Things Are Alike
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.03 - List the important factors that distinguish living organisms from
non-living organisms.
15. A substance that an organism needs for growth and survival but cannot make for itself is referred to as a(n) ____.
a. chemical
b. nutrient
c. atom
d. DNA molecule
e. carbohydrate
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.3 How Living Things Are Alike
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.03 - List the important factors that distinguish living organisms from
non-living organisms.
16. All organisms fit into one of the two following categories. What two categories are these?
a. consumers and decomposers
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Lisa Starr (Test Bank All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)
CHAPTER 01—INVITATION TO BIOLOGY
Multiple Choice
1. What name is given to the scientific study of life?
a. geography
b. statistics
c. ecology
d. geology
e. biology
ANSWER: e
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on
Earth.
2. The current rate of extinctions is about ____ times faster than normal.
a. 10
b. 100
c. 1000
d. 100,000
e. 1,000,000
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on
Earth.
3. The species extinctions taking place today are being caused by ____ activities.
a. human
b. volcanic
c. plate tectonic
d. extraterrestrial
e. geothermal
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on
Earth.
4. Which of the following represents the most correct order of the organization of life from the smallest unit to the largest?
a. atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → populations → communities → ecosystems → biosphere
b. atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → communities → populations→ ecosystems → biosphere
c. atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → populations → ecosystems → communities → biosphere
d. communities → biosphere → organisms → ecosystems → populations → cells → molecules → atoms
e. biosphere → organisms → communities → ecosystems → populations → molecules → cells → atoms
ANSWER: a
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,CHAPTER 01—INVITATION TO BIOLOGY
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
5. Which of the following organization levels is the least inclusive?
a. population
b. community
c. cell
d. atom
e. molecule
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
6. An ecosystem is made up of ____.
a. only plants, animals and fungi
b. organisms and nonliving things
c. only rocks and minerals
d. only plants, protozoa, and fungi
e. the biosphere of the region
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
7. Lipids, proteins, DNA, RNA, and complex carbohydrates are all ____.
a. minerals
b. atoms
c. cells
d. molecules
e. elements
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
8. The emergent property of “life” appears at the level of the ____, when many molecules become organized.
a. population
b. atom
c. organism
d. cell
e. community
ANSWER: d
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,CHAPTER 01—INVITATION TO BIOLOGY
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
9. A population is composed of individuals of ____.
a. the same species
b. interacting species of different kinds
c. interacting species and nonliving things
d. a single species interacting with nonliving things
e. all species found in a given area
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
10. Living organisms are members of all of the levels listed below. However, soil is a component of ___.
a. the community
b. the population
c. the ecosystem
d. both the population and ecosystem
e. both the community and the biosphere
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
11. Which of the following is a basic component of all of the others?
a. cells
b. organs
c. tissues
d. organism
e. organ systems
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
12. Which of the following represents an activity within a population?
a. a fox consuming a rabbit
b. the absorption of nitrogen by bacteria and converting it to a form useful to plants
c. a peacock spreading and shaking his feathers to attract a female
d. moss growing on the north side of a large pine tree
e. a virus causing rabies in a dog
ANSWER: c
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, CHAPTER 01—INVITATION TO BIOLOGY
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
13. The level of organization that encompasses all regions of Earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere in which organisms
live is known as ____.
a. the biosphere
b. a community
c. an ecosystem
d. a population
e. an organism’s habitat
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.
14. Which of the following characteristics are shared by all living organisms?
I. hereditary information is passed to offspring
II. adaptation to environmental change
III. requirement for nutrients
IV. DNA housed in a nucleus
a. I and II
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. I, II, and III
e. I, II, III, and IV
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze
REFERENCES: 1.3 How Living Things Are Alike
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.03 - List the important factors that distinguish living organisms from
non-living organisms.
15. A substance that an organism needs for growth and survival but cannot make for itself is referred to as a(n) ____.
a. chemical
b. nutrient
c. atom
d. DNA molecule
e. carbohydrate
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.3 How Living Things Are Alike
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.03 - List the important factors that distinguish living organisms from
non-living organisms.
16. All organisms fit into one of the two following categories. What two categories are these?
a. consumers and decomposers
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