Test 1 Review

The following list represents characteristics of a living thing :

• made of cells, has lungs, can reproduce

• made of cells, grows and develops, uses energy

• has similar chemicals, makes noises, made of cells

Which of these includes all the correct names for our elements of life?

• P=Potassium, C=Carbon, O=Oxygen, N=Nitrogen

• C=Carbon, H=Hydrogen, O=Oxygen, N=Nitrogen, P=Phosphorus, S=Sulfur

• C=Carbon, H=Helium, N=Nitrogen, S=Sodium, P=Phosphorus

• N=Nitrogen, O=Oxygen, C=Cobalt, P=Phosphorus, S=Sodium, H=Hydrogen

The most basic biotic level of organization would be...

• cell

• organism

• atom

• molecule

Biology is the _____.

• study of abiotic factors

• study of life

• study of chemicals and their properties

• study of the physical properties of the world

Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?

• a.  Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system
• a.  Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism
• a.  Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
• a.  Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system

Which is the correct order of the levels of organization from simple to complex?

• organism, population, community, ecosystem

• ecosystem, community, population, organism

What is the charge of a proton?

• Negative

• Positive

• Neutral

Subatomic particles with a negative charge

• Electrons

• Neutrons

• Protons

• Quarks

These will determine what element an atom is. 

• number of neutrons
• number of electrons
• number of atoms 
• number of protons 

The number 16 for the atomic element sulfur is the

• ionic number

• isotope

• atomic mass

• atomic number