Branches of Biology and Characteristics of Life Quiz

The study of plants is known as

• Zoology

• Anatomy

• Taxonomy

• Botany

A person who studies animals would be a

• Zoologist

• Botanist

• Psychologist

• Embryologist

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Taxonomy is

• The study of genes and heredity

• The study of body structures

• The study of small living things

• The study of classifying things into groups

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Genetics is the study of

• the study of living things interacting in their environment

• the study of genes and heredity

• The study of how the body functions

• The study of plants

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An ecologists studies

• body structures

• viruses

• living things in their the environment

• plants and animals

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What is the correct level of organization from largest to smallest

• cells - tissues - organ system - organ

• organ - organ system - tissues- cells

• cells - tissues - organ - organ system

• organ system - organ - tissues - cells

Shape is related to

• size

• shape

• function

• color

Cell division results in

• the cell increasing in size

• the cell decreasing in size

• the cell increasing in number

• the cell decreasing in number

What is not an example of a stimulus

• Temperature

• Light

• Sound

• Sweating

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Asexual reproduction occurs with

• two parents and makes an exact copy

• one parent and makes a genetically different copy

• two parents and makes a genetically different copy

• one parent and makes an exact copy

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