Biology Ch1 Practice test (intro to biology)

What are life's common characteristics?

• maintain homeostasis, take in energy and nutrients, grow and develop, reproduce, have adaptations, evolve, respond to stimuli, have complex organization

• maintain homeostasis, take in energy and nutrients, grow and develop, reproduce, adapt, evolve, respond to stimuli, and have complex organization

• maintain constant temperatures, take in energy and nutrients, grow and develop, reproduce, have adaptations, evolve, respond to stimuli, have complex organization

• maintain homeostasis, take in food, grow and develop, reproduce, adapt, evolve, stimulation, complex organization

What is the correct hierarchy of organization?

• atom<molecule<organelle<cell<tissue<organ<organ system<organism<population<community<ecosystem<biosphere

• atom<molecule<macromolecule<organelle<cell<tissue<organ system<organ<organism<population<community<ecosystem<biosphere

• atom<molecule<macromolecule<organelle<cell<tissue<organ<organ system<organism<population<community<ecosystem<biosphere

• atom<molecule<macromolecule<organelle<cell<tissue<organ<organ system<organism<community<population<ecosystem<biosphere

Which are the two most inclusive units of classification?

• kingdom and phylum

• domain and kingdom

• genus and species

• domain and order

________ is responsible for life's unity and its diversity.

• adaptations

• evolution

• artificial selection

• natural selection

How old is Earth?

• roughly 4 billion years

• roughly 5.6 billion years

• roughly 5 billion years

• roughly 4.6 billion years

Eukaryotes include which three kingdoms?

• fungi

• protista

• plantae

• animalia

what are the three domains?

• archea

• bacteria

• monera

• eukarya

which are the two least inclusive units of classification?

• class and order

• genus and species

• species and family

• genus and phylum

What is our scientific name?

(a)  

What is the estimated range of total species?

• 1 million to 200 million

• 10 million to 20 million

• 1 million to 200 million

• 10 million to 200 million