STRAIGHTERLINE EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Behavior that may reduce an individual's lifetime reproductive success, but
benefit one of their relatives is referred to as - CORRECT ANSWERS-altruism
Which agent of evolutionary change occurs when a population's allele
frequency is altered due to chance? - CORRECT ANSWERS-genetic drift
Which region of the biome chart below represents temperate deciduous
forests? - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
A physician specializes in surgery involving the following group of organs:
mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestines. Overall, this physician is
specialized at which level of organization? - CORRECT ANSWERS-organ
system
Which answer choice lists the steps of the scientific method in the correct
order? - CORRECT ANSWERS-c. observation, hypothesis, experiment,
conclusion, scientific theory
Which statement regarding the scientific method is false? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Original hypotheses are formed after an experiment.
Which of these classification categories contains the closest related
organisms? - CORRECT ANSWERS-genus
Organs are composed of tissues, which are composed of cells. This is an
example of which characteristic of life? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Living things
have levels of hierarchical organization.
When comparing energy and chemicals in an ecosystem - CORRECT
ANSWERS-chemicals cycle over and over again but energy flows through
once.
Which statement regarding the scientific method is false? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Theories formed in everyday life carry the same validity as a
scientific theory
, Which of these is an example of inductive reasoning used to form a
hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Every fungus that has ever been studied
absorbs its food; therefore, food absorption is characteristic of fungi.
Which of the following is one of the domains of life? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Eukarya
When you are overheated, you perspire, and when you are too cold, you
shiver to generate heat. Which property of life is best represented by this
example? - CORRECT ANSWERS-homeostasis
The layer where organisms can exist on the surface of the earth is the -
CORRECT ANSWERS-biosphere
Which domains contain organisms that lack a membrane-bound nucleus? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Archaea & Bacteria
The term "biodiversity" refers to - CORRECT ANSWERS-the total number of
species, variation of species and the ecosystems in which they live.
If a new anti-cancer drug is found effective in initial tests with mice, what do
researchers conclude? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The drug is effective in the
mouse model; it must still be tested in humans.
You are most likely to see hag fish, sperm whales, and viperfish inhabiting
which of the following zones of the ocean? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
bathypelagic
What was the first seed plant to appear? - CORRECT ANSWERS-gymnosperm
In a pedigree for an autosomal recessive disorder, which of the following will
occur if two homozygous unaffected individuals mate? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
They will have unaffected offspring.
Both bacteria and archaea are which of the following types of organism? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-prokaryotic
Which of the following accurately describes transcriptional control of gene
expression in eukaryotes? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Transcription factors help
RNA polymerase bind to promoter sequences
Based on their chemical equations, photosynthesis and cellular respiration
have which of the following relationships? - CORRECT ANSWERS-opposite
reactions