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BIO 101 Lecture Test 1

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the three properties of life

a)

domain, prokaryote, archea

b)

domain, kingdom, phylum

c)

eukarya, archaea, bacteria

d)

animalia, fungi, plantae

2.

domain and kingdom of oak tree

a)

eukarya, plantae

b)

eukarya, protista

c)

eukarya, fungi

d)

eukarya, animilia

3.

domain of e. coli

a)

protista

b)

archaea

c)

bacteria

d)

eukarya

4.

domain of a very ancient bacteria that lives in hot springs

a)

bacteria

b)

protista

c)

archaea

d)

eukarya

5.

fill in the blank for missing hierarchies/levels

organism, ___ , community, ___ , biosphere

a)

ecosystem, population

b)

population, ecosystem

c)

organelles, tissues

d)

tissues, organelles

6.

fill in the blank for missing hierarchies/levels

organelles, ___ , tissues, ___ , organ systems

a)

molecules, organs

b)

organs, cells

c)

cells, organs

d)

cells, organisms

7.

fill in the blank for missing hierarchies/levels

atoms, ___ , ___ , cells, ___

a)

molecules, organelles, tissues

b)

tissues, organelles, molecules

c)

organelles, molecules, tissues

d)

organelles, tissues, molecules

8.

you spend lots of time and money developing a new weight-loss drug. before you can sell your drug (and make $ from it), you need to provide evidence that your drug actually does help people lose weight. you create the following experimental design to test your drug:

you find 100 volunteers and put them into the following two groups:

group 1: 50 people who will take the new drug for 6 months

group 2: 50 people who will take a sugar pill daily for 6 months

you decide to have all individuals in the study show up to be weighed at the very beginning of the study and then once/month for 6 months.

what would be a hypothesis for this experiment?

a)

if people take the weight-loss drug, they will lose more weight.

b)

the sugar pill will cause people to gain weight.

c)

the sugar pill will cause people to lose weight.

9.

you spend lots of time and money developing a new weight-loss drug. before you can sell your drug (and make $ from it), you need to provide evidence that your drug actually does help people lose weight. you create the following experimental design to test your drug:

you find 100 volunteers and put them into the following two groups:

group 1: 50 people who will take the new drug for 6 months

group 2: 50 people who will take a sugar pill daily for 6 months

you decide to have all individuals in the study show up to be weighed at the very beginning of the study and then once/month for 6 months.

in this study, what is the dependent variable?

a)

weight-loss

b)

the new pill

c)

the placebo

d)

the sugar pill

10.

you spend lots of time and money developing a new weight-loss drug. before you can sell your drug (and make $ from it), you need to provide evidence that your drug actually does help people lose weight. you create the following experimental design to test your drug:

you find 100 volunteers and put them into the following two groups:

group 1: 50 people who will take the new drug for 6 months

group 2: 50 people who will take a sugar pill daily for 6 months

you decide to have all individuals in the study show up to be weighed at the very beginning of the study and then once/month for 6 months.

in this study, what is the independent variable?

a)

weight-loss

b)

the new pill

c)

the placebo

d)

the sugar pill

11.

you spend lots of time and money developing a new weight-loss drug. before you can sell your drug (and make $ from it), you need to provide evidence that your drug actually does help people lose weight. you create the following experimental design to test your drug:

you find 100 volunteers and put them into the following two groups:

group 1: 50 people who will take the new drug for 6 months

group 2: 50 people who will take a sugar pill daily for 6 months

you decide to have all individuals in the study show up to be weighed at the very beginning of the study and then once/month for 6 months.

does the data in the table support or refute the experimental hypothesis? why?

a)

the data refutes the hypothesis because the new pill did not cause the experimental group to lose weight.

b)

the data supports the hypothesis because the new pill caused the experimental group to lose weight.

c)

the data refutes the hypothesis because the new pill did caused the experimental group to lose weight.

d)

the data supports the hypothesis because the new pill did not cause the experimental group to lose weight.

12.

define evolution

a)

a genetic change in a population that occurs over time

b)

individuals in a population that slowly adapt to change

c)

individuals in a population copy behavior of other species in order to survive

d)

a population dies off due to environmental changes

13.

why is evolution a theory and not just a hypothesis?

a)

because it has been proven

b)

because it is supported by a massive amount of scientific evidence

c)

because charles darwin is always right

d)

because it has been proven through evidence collected

14.

in developing the idea of evolution (which at the time was just a hypothesis), what two observations did darwin make in his study of organisms (during his travels on the Beagle)

a)

A. genetic change B. gene flow

b)

A. genetic drift

B. overproduction of offspring

c)

A. heritable variation

B. overproduction of offspring

15.

which of these evolutionary agents is most consistent at causing populations to become better suited (or adapted) to their environments over the course of generations?

a)

gene flow

b)

natural selection

c)

genetic variation

d)

genetic drift

16.

which of these evolutionary agents is movement of individuals in and out of a population?

a)

gene flow

b)

natural selection

c)

genetic variaton

d)

genetic drift

17.

which of these evolutionary agents is the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance often caused by the bottleneck effect (natural disaster causing massive deduction in population)?

a)

gene flow

b)

natural selection

c)

genetic variation

d)

genetic drift

18.

which statement best describes the evolution of pesticide resistance in a population of insects?

a)

all insects in the population die after exposure to pesticide

b)

insects observe behavior of other insects that survive pesticide application, and adjust their own behaviors to copy those of the survivors

c)

individual members of the population slowly adapt to the presence of the chemical by striving to meet the new challenge

d)

offspring of insects that are genetically resistant to the pesticide become more abundant as the susceptible insect die off

19.

the five themes of biology

a)

structure relates to function, evolution, life depends on the transfer and transformation of energy and matter, life depends on the flow of information, life depends on the interactions within and between systems

b)

structure relates to fungi, evolution, life depends on the transformers, life depends on the flow of a river, life depends on the interactions between solar systems

c)

structure relates to genetic drift, evolution, life depends on the gene pool, life depends on the molecular structure, life depends on the interactions between ecosystems

d)

structure relates to function, evolution, life depends on the gene pool, life depends on the flow of energy, life depends on the interactions between ecosystems

20.

the wall of your heart is primarily composed of cardiac muscle tissue. force is produced when muscle tissue contracts (or shortens) causing your blood to move through your blood vessels. consequently, your heart is a pump. what is the biology theme?

a)

life depends on transfer and transformation of energy and matter

b)

evolution

c)

structure relates to function

d)

life depends on the flow of information

21.

this is the overriding theory of biology and accounts for the unity and diversity of life

a)

evolution

b)

structure relates to function

c)

life depends on transfer and transformation of energy

d)

life depends on interactions within and between systems

22.

your cardiac muscle cells need energy to "pay for" muscle contraction. the (physiological) function of eating is to obtain chemical energy (food)

a)

structure related to function

b)

life depends on transfer and transformation of energy

c)

life depends on the flow of information

d)

life depends on interactions within and between systems

23.

DNA is the "genetic code". scientific studies (in the ~1960's) "cracked the code" and led to life understanding of how DNA leads to the production of proteins

a)

life depends on the transfer and transformation of energy and matter

b)

evolution

c)

life depends on the flow of information

d)

life depends on interactions within and between systems