BIOLOGY 101 QUIZ 1
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Question 1
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Your mouth, an alpine valley or a swamp are all examples of ecosystems. All ecosystems
on the earth taken together are called
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Answer:
the
biosphere.
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Question 2
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Which of the following is not a “Principle of Life” on which this course in BIOL 101 is
based?
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Answer:
Life is
Organismal.
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Question 3
0 out of 3.2 points
A total of 679 leaves fell from trees kept at 10°C, whereas only 83 leaves fell from those
kept at 32°C. This is an example of:
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Answer:
a controlled
experiment.
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Question 4
3.2 out of 3.2 points
are larger molecules assembled from simpler building blocks called
.
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Answer:
polymers,
monomers
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Question 5
3.2 out of 3.2 points
A Brazilian student wondered why the leaves began changing colors on the trees in
Virginia right around the time of Fall Break. This is an example of:
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Answer:
a question leading to a
hypothesis.
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Question 6
3.2 out of 3.2 points
A sleep deprived individual has antibody levels that are exactly 1/3 as high as those of a
normal individual. This statement is an example of
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Answer:
data from an
experiment.
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Question 7
The process that is not recognized as an element of the scientific method is
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Selected
Answer:
rational reasoning about how a biological structure
must work.
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Question 8
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Which of the following is a “Principle of Life” on which this course in BIOL 101 is based?
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Answer:
Life is
Complex.
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Question 9
Atoms share electrons unequally in a(n)
bond.
3.2 out of 3.2 points
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Answer:
polar
covalent
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Question 10
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Which of the following is not a “Principle of Life” on which this course in BIOL 101 is
based?
Selected
Answer:
Life is
Simple.
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Question 11
3.2 out of 3.2 points
In forming a water molecule, the oxygen atom with six electrons in its outer shell forms
bond(s) with hydrogen(s).
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Answer:
two
covalent
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Question 12
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Body systems work with each other in highly related ways. They perform functions that
no one system could do alone. Which “Principle of Life” summarizes these facts?
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Answer:
Life is Internally
Integrated.
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Question 13
3.2 out of 3.2 points
30% of the male frogs raised in water with atrazine levels of 0.1 ppb showed signs of
testicular oogenesis. This statement is an example of:
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Answer:
data from an
experiment.
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Question 14
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Which of the following sequences of terms moves neatly and sequentially from less
complex to more complex?
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Answer:
atom - biomolecule – macromolecular structure –
organelle
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Question 15
Which of the following statements is teleological?
3.2 out of 3.2 points
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Answer:
A mouse has feet for the purpose of
running.
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Question 16
Protons have a
charge and are found in
.
3.2 out of 3.2 points
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Answer:
positive, the nucleus of an
atom.
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Question 17
Neutrons are located within the
of the atom.
3.2 out of 3.2 points
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Answer:
nucle
us
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Question 18
3.2 out of 3.2 points
“A mouse runs because natural selection happens to have given it feet.” This statement
would be made by
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Answer:
a
n
a
t
u
r
a
l
i
st
/
e
v
o
l
u
ti
on
i
s
t.
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Question 19
3.2 out of 3.2 points
When considering the question of origins, one value of having two complementary truth
sources is that
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Answer:
the scholar has both scientific data and Biblical constraints to use
as resources.
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Question 20
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Which of the following principles of life describes a fundamental requirement for the
growth of an organism:
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Answer:
Life is Energy-
Driven.
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Question 21
3.2 out of 3.2 points
The carbon atom is uniquely suited to building large molecules because it:
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Answer:
tends to form four covalent
bonds
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Question 22
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Many Christians believe that dinosaurs were created approximately 6,000 years ago
because soft tissues have been discovered in fossilized T. rex bones. This belief is an
example of:
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Answer:
an interpretation of
data.
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Question 23
Biomolecules are composed of
3.2 out of 3.2 points
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Answer:
atom
s.
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Question 24
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Electrons are arranged within spherical
arranged in concentric
in the
structure of atoms.
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Answer:
orbitals,
shells
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Question 25
The scientific method includes all except:
3.2 out of 3.2 points
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Answer:
changing
data
