Biology 1

What is the study of life?

• Anatomy

• Biology

• Psychology

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The ___________ is the basic unit of life

• organ
• cell
• atom
• tissue

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The study of biology includes things that are living.

• True

• False

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An amoeba and a bacteria are unicellular.

• True

• False

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Which of these would NOT be studied by a biologist? 

• the relationship between trees and fungi. 
• how sand is distributed on the ocean floor. 
• the chemicals that break down food in your stomach
• how fast a cheetah runs. 

Based on the method by which they get food, organisms are classified as autotrophs or heterotrophs. Which organism listed below is correctly paired?

• Tiger - autotroph

• Human - heterotroph

• Grass - heterotroph

• Fish - autotroph

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Algae and multicellular plants are autotrophs because they

• decomposed dead organisms
• absorb nutrients from the soil
• break down starches into glucose
• capture sunlight and convert the energy into chemical energy

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Which of the following is not a characteristic found in all living things

• chloroplast
• obtaining and using material and energy
• responding to stimuli
• Reproducing and passing hereditary material to the next generation.

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Which of these best describes an organism's ability to maintain the constant internal conditions necessary for life?

• homeostasis
• stability
• reproduction
• adaptation

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Biotic means ______________.

• Living organisms.

• Non living factors.

• Living and non living factors.

• Plants and rocks

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