Bio Ch 1 Review

Which of the following is NOT a way that scientists generate hypotheses? 

• used informed, creative imagination 
• using logical inference 
• using a feeling about what should occur
• using prior knowledge

Biology is the study of 

• the land, water, and air on Earth
• the environment
• animals and plants only
• living things

Which is NOT a unit of measurement in the International System of Units, or SI? 

• gram
• ounce
• meter
• liter

To observe a small living organism, a scientist might use a(an)

• electronic balance 
• TEM
• compound light microscope
• electron microscope

What is the term for a group of organisms of one type living in the same place?

• biosphere
• ecosystem
• environment
• population

All living organisms contain a universal genetic code called 

• cells
• DNA
• metabolism
• dependent variable 

A characteristic of all known living things is that they

• are composed of one or more cells
• require oxygen for breathing 
• cannot reproduce
• have complex nervous systems

A deciduous tree is able to change its leaves in the fall.
This is evidence that the tree is alive because it is 

• responding to a stimulus 
• reproducing
• adapting
• all of the above 

In the heart rate lab that we performed, the purpose of the resting heart rate was

• to establish a constant
• to provide a basis of comparison
• qualitative data
• evidence that the athletes were alike 

Unlike sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction involves

• spontaneous generation 
• 2 cells
• 2 parents
• 1 parent