Standards 1.1 and 1.2 Biology North Carolina

Which choice best summarizes the outcome of Redi’s experiment?

• Redi precisely defined the word living.

• Redi disproved spontaneous generation.

• Redi showed that flies come from rotting meat.

• Redi showed that living things can come from non-living things.

How were the designs of Pasteur’s and Redi’s experiments different?

• Pasteur experiment with rotting meat; Redi experimented with broth.

• Redi experimented with rotting meat; Pasteur experimented with broth.

• Pasteur was able to show spontaneous generation was false, but Redi was not.

• Redi was able to show spontaneous generation was false, but Pasteur was not.

How were the outcomes of Pasteur’s and Redi’s experiments similar?

• Both experiments proved that life can come from rotten meat.

• Both experiments proved that spontaneous generation occurs.

• Both experiments showed that heat kills microorganisms.

• Both experiments showed that living things come only from living things.

Which statements about cells are true?

• Cells come in different shapes and sizes.

• All cells perform the same function in a multicellular organisms.

• Cells are considered the basic structural unit of life.

• Cells are found in every living thing.

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Which statements about the use of energy by living things are true?

• Plants perform chemical reactions that require energy.

• Animals can use energy from the sun to produce their own food.

• Plants receive their energy from water in the soil.

• Animals can receive their energy by consuming plants or other animals.

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Which statements describe an element?

• An element is a pure substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler form.

• An element is made of two or more atoms that are chemically combined.

• All elements are listed on the periodic table of elements.

• An element symbol begins with a capital letter; if there is a second or third letter, it is a lowercase letter.

Which of the following are compounds?

• Carbon (C)

• Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)

• Hydrogen (H)

• Sodium Chloride (NaCl)

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Which of the following element applies to the statement “The most abundant element by mass?”

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon

• Nitrogen

Which of the following elements applies to the statement “A versatile element, the basis of all living organisms”

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Phosphorous

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Which element applies to the statement “Obtained by plants from bacteria in the soil”

• Nitrogen

• Sulfur

• Phosphorous

• Oxygen