Chapter 01
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What Is Biology?
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MultiplelChoicelQuestions
1. Iflonelgrouplislgivenlsomelmedicinelthatlmaylcurelaldiseaselandlthelotherlgrouplislgivenlalsugarl
pill,lthelgrouplwholgotlthelmedicinelislthe
A. Hypotheticallgroup.
B. Scientificlgroup.
C. Controllgroup.
D. Experimentallgroup.
Bloom'slLevel:l2.lUnderstand
LearninglOutcome:lListlandldescribelfivelelementsloflthelscientificlmethod.lSection:l
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Topic:lGeneral
2. Whichlislnotlalcharacteristicloflallllife?
A. responsiveness
B. evolution
C. reproduction
D. randomlcelllstructure
Bloom'slLevel:l1.lRemember
LearninglOutcome:lListlandlgivelanlexampleloflfivelcharacteristicsltypicallofllivinglthings.lSe
ction:l01.04
Topic:lGeneral
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3. Inlanlexperimentlthatlhaslalcontrollandlexperimentallgroup,ltheldependentlvariablelis
A. observedlinlthelexperimentallgroup.
B. notlobservedlinlthelcontrollgroup.
C. thelresultloflthelindependentlvariable.
D. Alllofltheselstatementslareltrue.
Bloom'slLevel:l2.lUnderstand
LearninglOutcome:lListlandldescribelfivelelementsloflthelscientificlmethod.lSection:l
01.02
Topic:lGeneral
4. Algoodlhypothesislmust
A. belallogicallexplanationloflevents.
B. beltestable.
C. accountlforlalllcurrentlinformationlrelatedltoltheleventslbeinglstudied.
D. Alllofltheselstatementslareltrue.
Bloom'slLevel:l2.lUnderstand
LearninglOutcome:lStateltwolcharacteristicsloflalgoodlhypothesis.lSe
ction:l01.02
Topic:lGeneral
5. Alcharacteristiclofllifelis
A. chemicallbonds.
B. theluselofloxygen.
C. thelproductionloflCO2.
D. cellularlorganization.
Bloom'slLevel:l1.lRemember
LearninglOutcome:lListlandlgivelanlexampleloflfivelcharacteristicsltypicallofllivinglthings.lSe
ction:l01.04
Topic:lGeneral
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6. Whichloflthelfollowinglislanlexamplelofladaptation,loneloflthelcharacteristicslofllife?
A. Thelevolutionarylchangeslthatloccurltolalspecies
B. Sexuallreproduction
C. Organismallorganization
D. Metabolism
Bloom'slLevel:l1.lRemember
LearninglOutcome:lListlandlgivelanlexampleloflfivelcharacteristicsltypicallofllivinglthings.lSe
ction:l01.04
Topic:lGeneral
7. Alcontrollgroupldifferslfromlanlexperimentallgroup
A. inlthelnumberlofltestlorganismslused.
B. bylthelindependentlvariable.
C. inlseverallways.
D. inlnolway.
Bloom'slLevel:l2.lUnderstand
LearninglOutcome:lListlandldescribelfivelelementsloflthelscientificlmethod.lSection:l
01.02
Topic:lGeneral
8. Alreasonlanlautomobilelenginelislnotlconsideredltolbellivinglislthatlitlislnotlablelto
A. utilizelenergy.
B. changelitslactivities.
C. makelcopiesloflitself.
D. utilizelchemicallreactions.
Bloom'slLevel:l2.lUnderstand
LearninglOutcome:lListlandlgivelanlexampleloflfivelcharacteristicsltypicallofllivinglthings.lSe
ction:l01.04
Topic:lGeneral
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