Which of the following is an attribute of living things?
C) They must be able to evolve and adapt.
The use of energy and matter by living organisms __________.
A) involves chemical cycling from light energy from the sun for the production of chemical energy in food to the decomposition and the returning of chemicals to the cycle
The genetic material within cells is called __________ and is organized into structures called __________.
C) DNA; chromosomes
The information in a gene that directs the production of a cellular product is gene expression. The correct sequence for the transfer of information from a gene to a function protein is __________.
A) transcription, translation, and protein folding
Which of the following observations and inferences led Charles Darwin to his theory of natural selection as a mechanism for evolution?
C) Darwin synthesized his theory of natural selection from all of the listed observations and inferences.
Which of the following is the smallest unit of organization that can perform all activities required for life?
C) Cell
The three domains of life __________.
B) are bacteria, archaea, and eukarya
How is the information encoded in DNA actually used by organisms?
C) The information in DNA is transcribed to RNA and then translated into protein
The process that directs the manufacture of a cell product from a gene is called __________.
C) gene expression
The units of inheritance are called __________.
A) genes
A nonlinear, realistic model of the scientific process is called the process of science. The core activity of this process is __________.
A) forming and testing hypotheses
A scientific theory is __________.
B) a well-supported concept that has broad explanatory power
In the theme of biological organization, the approach called reductionism __________.
B) allows us to reduce complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study
The best method for determining whether bean plants require sodium is to __________.
D) grow bean plants with and without sodium
Using models that represented camouflaged and non-camouflaged mice, Hoekstra and her students tested the hypothesis that coloration of beach and inland mice provides camouflage that protects them from predation. Regardless of whether the models were placed in the beach or the inland habitat, the camouflaged model always acted as the __________ group.
D) control
Which of the following statements is most clearly inductively derived?
A) If the animals observed require organic molecules as nutrients, then it can be concluded that all animals require organic molecules as nutrients.
Which series of terms is in the correct sequence of biological organization, from the simplest to the most complex?
C) Cell, tissue, organ, population, community
What is the molecule that can account for both the unity and the diversity of life?
B) DNA
The two main forms of cells are __________ cells.
D) prokaryotic and eukaryotic
The concept of “descent with modification” was proposed by __________.
A) Charles Darwin
Which of the following statements best describes what is meant by "emergence"?
B) The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Regulation of molecules within an organism in response to a changing level of chemicals and the ability to self-regulate is called __________.
B) feedback regulation
The energy used by most organisms for metabolism and growth ultimately comes from __________.
C) the sun
A hypothesis must be testable and falsifiable to be scientifically valid. Being testable and falsifiable means that __________.
B) some conceivable observation or experiment could reveal whether a given hypothesis is incorrect
Feedback regulation includes __________.
B) both negative feedback where the pathway shuts down and positive feedback where the pathway speeds up
What is the appropriate term for an interacting group of individuals of a single type occupying a defined area?
D) Population
Natural selection tends to act at which of the following levels?
B) Population
Some properties and processes that are associated with life include all of the following except _____________.
B) reductionism
With evolution as the core theme of biology, we can explain traits shared by organisms as evidence of __________ and traits that differ among organisms as evidence of __________.
C) descent from a common ancestor; adaptation through natural selection