Unit 1: Intro to Biology Quiz Practice Questions

Imagine you are studying biology and you want to identify the smallest unit of all living things. What would it be?

• tissue

• cell

• molecule

• population

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The process of scientific discovery is a nonlinear process (it doesn't always go from one step to the next).

• True

• False

Scientists only work in laboratories with controlled experiments.

• True

• False

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Which answer lists the levels of organization from smallest to largest?

• Biome, ecosystem, tissue, cell

• Cell, tissue, biome, ecosystem

• Ecosystem, community, population, cell

• Atom, molecule, cell, population

What level of organization would be most relevant to a cancer researcher?

• populations

• cells

• ecosystem

• biomes

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What is the difference between an ecosystem and a community?

• A community doesn't include non-living things

• An ecosystem doesn't include non-living things

• They are the same.

• An ecosystem doesn't have zebra.

Scientific hypotheses must be proposed in a way that

• enables them to be proven valid (true)

• ensures that an experiment will be valid (done in the correct way)

• doesn't contradict (go against) previous hypotheses

• enables them to be tested.

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Which term refers to either the size of an object or the type of measurements you are using?

• Scale

• Proportion

• Quantity

• Levels of Organization

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Information gathered from observing a plant that grew 3 cm overnight results in

• inferences

• variables

• data

• hypotheses

A controlled experiment allows researchers to isolate and test

• A mass of information

• A conclusion

• Many variables

• A single variable

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