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Bio 4 Quiz 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the father of evolution" who believed that a process called natural selection explains how organisms evolved over time

a)

Sidney Fox

b)

Darwin, Charles

c)

Mutations

d)

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste 

2.

•the idea that living organisms are created from nonliving matter

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Spontaneous generation

c)

Ancestry

d)

Heterotroph

3.

Ancestry

a)

•one of the first scientists to disprove spontaneous generation by showing that flies come from other flies and are not created from meat

b)

•the idea that living organisms are created from nonliving matter

c)

•a scientific law that states that living organisms come only from other living organisms

d)

• the history of ancestors, e.g. parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, that traces back all previous generations for any given organism

4.

a scientific law that states that living organisms come only from other living organisms

a)

Natural selection 

b)

Ancestry

c)

Mutations

d)

Law of biogenesis

5.

•the "parent" species from which two or more separate species evolved

a)

Ancestry

b)

Natural selection

c)

Common ancestor

d)

Mutations

6.

Organic evolution

a)

•the gradual formation of life from nonliving chemicals

b)

•a group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring: for example, all dogs belong to the same species

c)

•organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

d)

•the theory of evolution that states gradual changes in living organisms have resulted in more complex organisms

7.

•organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

a)

Chemical evolution

b)

Organic evolution

c)

Population

d)

Species

8.

•a group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring: for example, all dogs belong to the same species

a)

Population

b)

Species

c)

Chemical evolution

d)

Organic evolution

9.

Chemical evolution

a)

•the theory of evolution that states gradual changes in living organisms have resulted in more complex organisms

b)

•organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

c)

•the gradual formation of life from nonliving chemicals

d)

•a theory that states that organisms have changed gradually over time to form new kinds of organisms (or new species)

10.

•existing with oxygen

a)

Anaerobic

b)

Species

c)

Aerobic

d)

Population

11.

Anaerobic

a)

•existing with oxygen

b)

•a group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

c)

•existing without oxygen

d)

•the gradual formation of life from nonliving chemicals

12.

•organism unable to make food; requires food from an outside source

a)

Autotroph

b)

Prokaryotic

c)

Heterotroph

d)

Eukaryotic

13.

•containing a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Prokaryotic

d)

Autotroph

14.

•the interaction among organisms to better obtain resources or mating opportunities over others in order to survive

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Adaptation

c)

Competition

d)

Evolution

15.

•any physical characteristic or behavior that helps an organism to better survive

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Adaptation

c)

Competition

d)

Evolution

16.

Evolution

a)

•any physical characteristic or behavior that helps an organism to better survive

b)

•containing no nucleus

c)

•the interaction among organisms to better obtain resources or mating opportunities over others in order to survive

d)

•the gradual change of living organisms over time

17.

•the place where an organism lives

a)

Population

b)

Habitat

c)

Natural selection

d)

Overproduction

18.

Which word is not 1 of the six Kingdoms?

a)

Mutations

b)

Plantae

c)

Fungi

d)

Animalia

19.

Who is the Father of Microbiology & Immunology?

a)

Lazzaro Spallanzani

b)

Aristotle

c)

John Needham

d)

Louis Pasteur

20.

Who disproved the idea of spontaneous generation?

a)

Lazzaro Spallanzani

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Francesco Redi

d)

Aristotle

21.

Which kingdom includes 6. sponges, jellyfish, worms, snails, insects, fish, frogs, lizards, birds, and kangaroos?

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Animalia

c)

Fungi

d)

Protista

22.

Which kingdom includes molds, mushrooms, and yeasts?

a)

Animalia

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Protista

d)

Fungi

23.

Kingdom

a)

•the largest taxon that contains the greatest diversity of organisms

b)

•the smallest taxon; represents a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

c)

• domain of prokaryotes that can exist in the most extreme environments on Earth; includes archaebacteria

d)

•the "parent" species from which two or more separate species evolved

24.

Taxonomy

a)

•the formation of a new species through the process of evolution

b)

•a domain of prokaryotes that can exist in the most extreme environments on Earth; includes archaebacteria

c)

• the smallest taxon; represents a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

d)

•the branch of biology that names and classifies organisms into taxa (from kingdom to species)

25.

•the highest taxonomic category based on Carl Woese's three-domain tree of life system; a taxon larger than a kingdom

a)

Speciation

b)

Domain

c)

Eukarya

d)

Subspecies