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Biologists categorize all living things based on related characteristics into large groups called |
| | A) | kingdoms. |
| | B) | planets. |
| | C) | courses. |
| | D) | territories. |
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Living things can be distinguished from nonliving things because they have |
| | A) | complexity. |
| | B) | movement. |
| | C) | cellular organization. |
| | D) | response reactions to a stimulus. |
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Living things are organized. Choose the answer that illustrates this complexity, and is arranged from smallest to largest. |
| | A) | cell, atom, molecule, tissue, organelle, organ, organ system, organism, population, species, community, ecosystem |
| | B) | atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, species, community, ecosystem |
| | C) | atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, community, population, species, ecosystem |
| | D) | atom, molecule, cell wall, cell, organ, organism, species, population, community, ecosystem |
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At each higher level in the hierarchy of living things, properties occur that were not present at the simpler levels. These properties are referred to as |
| | A) | novelistic properties. |
| | B) | complex properties. |
| | C) | incremental properties. |
| | D) | emergent properties. |
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The five general biological themes include |
| | A) | evolution, energy flow, competition, structure determines function, and homeostasis. |
| | B) | evolution, energy flow, cooperation, structure determines function, and homeostasis. |
| | C) | evolution, growth, competition, structure determines function, and homeostasis. |
| | D) | evolution, growth, cooperation, structure determines function, and homeostasis. |
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When you are trying to understand something new you begin by observation, and then put the observations together in a logical fashion to form a general principle. This method is called |
| | A) | inductive reasoning. |
| | B) | rule enhancement. |
| | C) | theory production. |
| | D) | deductive reasoning. |
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When trying to figure out explanations for observations, you usually construct a series of possible hypotheses. Then you make predictions of what will happen if each hypothesis is true, and |
| | A) | test each hypothesis, using appropriate controls, to determine the truth. |
| | B) | test each hypothesis, using appropriate controls, to rule out as many as possible. |
| | C) | use logic to determine which hypothesis is most likely true. |
| | D) | use logic to determine which hypotheses are most likely false. |
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Which of the following statements is correct regarding a hypothesis? |
| | A) | After sufficient testing you can conclude that it is true. |
| | B) | After sufficient testing you can conclude that it is probably true. |
| | C) | After sufficient testing you can accept it as probable, being aware that it may be revised or rejected in the future. |
| | D) | You never have any degree of certainty that it is true, there are too many variables. |
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Cell theory states that |
| | A) | all organisms have cell walls and all cell walls come from other cells. |
| | B) | all cellular organisms undergo sexual reproduction. |
| | C) | all living organisms use cells for energy, either their own or they ingest cells of other organisms. |
| | D) | all living organisms consist of cells, and all cells come from other cells. |
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The gene theory states that all the information that specifies what a cell is and what it does |
| | A) | is passed down, unchanged, from mother to offspring. |
| | B) | is passed down, unchanged, from parents to offspring. |
| | C) | is contained in a long molecule called DNA. |
| | D) | is contained in the body's nucleus. |
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