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Introduction to Biology

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This painting unified all the known beliefs on the origin of life based on the beliefs of the general public as professed by religion. Who was the painter of this painting?

a)

Sandro Botticelli

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Michaelangelo Buonarroti

d)

Giotto di Bondone

2.

Omnis Cellula e Cellula, in English, is translated as...?

a)

Life came from life

b)

Cells came from cells

c)

Life came from matter

d)

Life came from cells

3.

What main branch of Biology deals with the study of the organism on the image?

a)

Protistology

b)

Botany

c)

Mycology

d)

Microbiology

4.

The experiment shown is the ultimate proof that Spontaneous Generation is false. Who performed this experiment?

a)

John Needham

b)

Francesco Redi

c)

Lazzaro Spallanzani

d)

Louis Pasteur

5.

What response is being shown by the roots of the tree on the image?

a)

Positive hydrotropism

b)

Negative hydrotropism

c)

Positive hydrotaxis

d)

Negative hydrotaxis

6.

The science dealing with the classification of organisms based on heredity and variation is called...?

a)

Evolutionary Biology

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Systematics

d)

Genetics

7.

What was the belief of the philosophers as to life's origins?

a)

Life came from pre-existing life

b)

Life came from matter

c)

Life is the alpha and the omega

d)

Life has no exact origin

8.

The image demonstrates what characteristic of life?

a)

Growth and development

b)

Organization and hierarchy

c)

Metabolism and energy conservation

d)

Irritability and excitability

9.

What branch of Zoology studies organisms shown on the image?

a)

Ornithology

b)

Mammalogy

c)

Herpetology

d)

Ichthyology

10.

The form or shape of bodily structures is dealt with by what interdisciplinary field of Biology?

a)

Anatomy

b)

Morphology

c)

Physiology

d)

Human Biology

11.

Diseases are being studied under what interdisciplinary field of biology?

a)

Medicine

b)

Pathology

c)

Human Biology

d)

Bacteriology

12.

He is famous for what taxonomic scheme, which also served as an early interpretation of Darwinian Evolution?

a)

2-Kingdom Classification

b)

3-Kingdom Classification

c)

5-Kingdom Classification

d)

3-Domain Classification

13.

He was known to have laid down the foundations of the Modern Theory of Evolution. In what book did he write such foundations?

a)

Origin of the Species

b)

Zoonomia

c)

The Descent of Man

d)

Philosophy Zoologique

14.

The cartoon portrays what characteristic of life?

a)

Heredity and Variation

b)

Evolution and Adaptation

c)

Growth and Development

d)

Organization and Hierarchy

15.

The Primordial Soup that is described extensively in Oparin and Haldane's Theory of Primordial Earth is described as a concoction or mixture of compounds based on what element?

a)

Carbon

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Oxygen

16.

The organism on the image is studied under what major field of Biology?

a)

Microbiology

b)

Bacteriology

c)

Protistology

d)

Mycology

17.

They were famous for launching the Modern Theory of Evolution. What is the main concept of this theory?

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Inheritance of Traits

c)

Use or Disuse of Traits

d)

Unified life origin

18.

The collage shows animals studied under what branch of Zoology?

a)

Mammalogy

b)

Ornithology

c)

Herpetology

d)

Ichthyology

19.

The image shows what kind of metabolic pathway?

a)

Catabolic

b)

Anabolic

20.

What kind of feedback mechanism is shown in the diagram?

a)

Negative

b)

Positive

21.

The image portrays what characteristic of life?

a)

Evolution and Adaptation

b)

Growth and Development

c)

Irritability and Excitability

d)

Metabolism and Energy Conservation

22.

Under what brabch of Biology do you study organisms that is shown on the image?

a)

Botany

b)

Mycology

c)

Protistology

d)

Zoology

23.

TRUE OR FALSE: Growth is the changes you see while an organism increases in size while Development is an organism's increase in size.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

TRUE OR FALSE: Biogenesis states that all life came from all that is non-living.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

TRUE OR FALSE: From the smallest to the biggest, this is the hierarchy of life's organization: ATOM, MOLECULE, ORGANELLE, CELL, TISSUE, ORGAN, ORGAN SYSTEM, ORGANISM

a)

True

b)

False