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Chapter 1

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of living things?

a)

chemistry

b)

physics

c)

biology

d)

psychology

2.

What subdiscipline studies fossils?

a)

zoology

b)

botany

c)

microbiology

d)

anatomy

e)

paleontology

3.

What subdiscipline studies plants?

a)

zoology

b)

botany

c)

microbiology

d)

anatomy

e)

paleontology

4.

What subdiscipline studies organism's structure?

a)

zoology

b)

botany

c)

microbiology

d)

anatomy

e)

paleontology

5.

What subdiscipline studies animals?

a)

zoology

b)

botany

c)

microbiology

d)

anatomy

e)

paleontology

6.

What subdiscipline studies microorganisms?

a)

zoology

b)

botany

c)

microbiology

d)

anatomy

e)

paleontology

7.

What subdiscipline studies how organisms interact with their environment?

a)

zoology

b)

ecology

c)

microbiology

d)

anatomy

e)

paleontology

8.

Which of the following are characteristics of all living things?

a)

ordered

b)

can respond to stimuli

c)

reproduce and pass on traits

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

9.

Which of the following are characteristics of all living things?

a)

energy processing

b)

moving from one place to another

c)

homeostasis

d)

breathing

e)

regulation

10.

Which of the following characteristics is used to describe how all living things are composed of either a cell or cells?

a)

ordered

b)

can respond to stimuli

c)

reproduce and pass on traits

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

11.

Which of the following characteristics is used to describe how all living things react to environmental changes?

a)

ordered

b)

can respond to stimuli

c)

reproduce and pass on traits

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

12.

Which of the following characteristics is used to describe how all living things are able to produce more of their own kind?

a)

ordered

b)

can respond to stimuli

c)

reproduce and pass on traits

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

13.

Which of the following characteristics is used to describe how all living things have features suited to the environment they live in?

a)

ordered

b)

can respond to stimuli

c)

reproduce and pass on traits

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

14.

Which of the following characteristics is used to describe how all living things grow according to their DNA?

a)

ordered

b)

can respond to stimuli

c)

reproduce and pass on traits

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

15.

Which of the following characteristics is used to describe how all living things internal environments are controled and functions are coordinated to maintain life?

a)

regulation

b)

energy processing

c)

homeostasis

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

16.

Which of the following characteristics is used to describe how all living things are able to maintain a "steady internal state" based on environmental changes?

a)

regulation

b)

energy processing

c)

homeostasis

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

17.

Which of the following characteristics is used to describe how all living things are able obtain food and convert it to energy?

a)

regulation

b)

energy processing

c)

homeostasis

d)

adapted to their environment

e)

grow and develop

18.

Viruses are living organisms.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What is the smallest level of organization for all living things?

a)

molecule

b)

cell

c)

organelle

d)

atom

20.

What is the correct order of the levels of organization of living things from least inclusive (smallest) to most inclusive (largest)?

a)

biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organelle, molecule, atom

b)

atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, community, ecosystem, population, biome, biosphere

c)

atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

d)

biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

21.

If you are given a steak, what levels of organization are you looking at?

a)

cell

b)

organ

c)

organism

d)

tissue

22.

If you are given a steak, what levels of organization are you looking at?

a)

cell

b)

organ

c)

organism

d)

tissue

23.

If you are looking at an individual cow in a field, what levels of organization does this cow encompass?

a)

atom

b)

organ

c)

organism

d)

population

e)

organ system

24.

If you are looking at a herd of cattle and taking into account the abiotic items in the field, what level of organization are you studying?

a)

population

b)

ecosystem

c)

biome

d)

biosphere

25.

What is the branch of science that is a hierarchical system to organize and classify all living things?

(a)  

26.

Which of the following are domains?

a)

Archaea

b)

Animalia

c)

Bacteria

d)

Eukarya

27.

Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. This is the correct rank of classifying organisms from most inclusive to least inclusive.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

Which of the following domains contain prokaryotes?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Eukarya

d)

Plantae

29.

Which of the following are characteristic of prokaryotes?

a)

single celled

b)

multicellular

c)

no nucleus

d)

cells contain nucleus

30.

Which of the following are characteristic of eukaryotes?

a)

single celled

b)

multicellular

c)

no nucleus

d)

cells contain nucleus

31.

Which of the following domains contains eukaryotes?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Eukarya

d)

Plantae

32.

Which of the following domains contains extremeophiles?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Eukarya

d)

Plantae

33.

Which domain consists of protists, plants, animals, and fungi?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Eukarya

d)

Prekarya

34.

Generally accepted, thoroughly tested, and seen as a confirmed explanation for a set of observations

a)

theory

b)

law

c)

hypothesis

35.

Describes how elements of nature will behave under very specific conditions

a)

theory

b)

law

c)

hypothesis

36.

An explanation based on observations that can be tested

a)

theory

b)

law

c)

hypothesis

37.

Which type of reasoning is used when making specific obervations that lead to general conclusions?

a)

inductive

b)

deductive

38.

Which type of reasoning is used when making general obervations that lead to specific conclusions?

a)

inductive

b)

deductive

39.

Which type of data collection uses descriptions?

a)

qualitative

b)

quantitative

40.

Which type of data collection uses measurements?

a)

qualitative

b)

quantitative

41.

The ____________ is an experimental design with many steps that allow a hypothesis to be tested.

a)

scientific method

b)

pluto's triangle

c)

pythagorean theorem

d)

scientific theory