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Example Final Exam #1
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Cells are
a. the structures that contain all of the materials necessary for life.
b. found in all organisms.
c. sometimes specialized for particular functions.
d. All of the above
2. Which of the following is a true statement about all living things?
a. They cannot sense changes in their external environment.
b. They have one or more cells.
c. They do not need to use energy.
d. They reproduce asexually.
3. Which of the following is a biotic stimulus?
a. Loud stereo
c. balloon popping
b. Thunderstorm
d. dog barking
4. Which statement best describes what happens to a single-celled organism when it is eaten?
a. It reproduces sexually.
b. Its energy is transferred to another organism.
c. It reproduces asexually.
d. It maintains homeostasis.
5. Fish that live in the ice-cold waters off Antarctica make a natural antifreeze that keeps them from freezing.
This is the fish's way of maintaining a stable environment known as
a. photosynthesis.
c. metabolism.
b. homeostasis.
d. respiration.
6. A person has about 200 different kinds of cells, each specialized to do a particular job. This means that the
person
a. does not need tissues.
c. is multicellular.
b. does not need organs.
d. is unicellular.
7. You are made up of about 100 trillion cells; however, you began as
a. an organ.
c. an organelle.
b. a glob of gooey cytoplasm.
d. a single cell.
8. ____ are the basic units of living things.
a. Organisms
c. Cells
b. Tissues
d. Organs
9. Which of the following best describes the characteristics of cells?
a. Prokaryotic cells are the world's smallest cells and probably were the first cells on Earth.
b. Eukaryotic cells have many membrane-covered organelles, allowing many different
chemical processes to occur at the same time.
c. All plants, animals, fungi, and protists are made up of eukaryotic cells.
d. All of the above
10. ____ is what makes chloroplasts green.
a. A chromatid
c. Cholesterol
b. Chlorophyll
d. A chromosome
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____ 11. Photosynthesis takes place in
a. chloroplasts.
c. carbohydrates.
b. chlorophyll.
d. chromatids.
____ 12. The equation: CO 2 + H2O + light energy → Glucose + O2 is the equation for which of the following
processes?
a. photosynthesis
c. fermentation
b. cellular respiration
d. exocytosis
____ 13. The equation: Glucose + O 2 → CO2 + H2O + energy (ATP) is the equation for which of the following
processes?
a. photosynthesis
c. fermentation
b. cellular respiration
d. exocytosis
____ 14. Mitosis is usually divided into ____ phases.
a. two
c. four
b. three
d. six
____ 15. Which of the following would NOT undergo mitosis?
a. human cell
c. plant cell
b. prokaryotic cell
d. fungi cell
____ 16. When scientists classify organisms, they
a. arrange them in orderly groups.
c. decide whether they are useful.
b. give them many common names.
d. ignore evolutionary relationships.
____ 17. The scientific name for the European white water lily is Nymphaea alba. What is the genus to which this
plant belongs?
a. Nymphaea
c. water lily
b. alba
d. alba lily
____ 18. Plantae, Animalia, and Protista are all names of
a. kingdoms.
c. classes.
b. phyla.
d. genera.
____ 19. Corals, spiders, and rodents all belong to the kingdom
a. Animalia.
c. Mammalia.
b. Protista.
d. Fungi.
The scientific name for dogs is Canis familiaris. The scientific name for wolves is Canis lupus.
____ 20. Dogs and wolves have the same ____ name.
a. kingdom
c. genus
b. species
d. order
____ 21. Which of the following is NOT a common shape of bacteria?
a. crystals
c. spirilla
b. cocci
d. bacilli
____ 22. A cell with no nucleus is called a(n)
a. virus.
c. endospore.
b. prokaryote.
d. bacillus.
____ 23. The kingdoms ____ contain the oldest forms of life on Earth.
a. Protista and Fungi
c. Plantae and Animalia
b. Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
d. Eubacteria and Fungi
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____ 24. ____ invade the body of another organism to obtain food.
a. Decomposers
c. Parasites
b. Endospores
d. Producers
____ 25. Viruses are not considered to be living because they do not
a. eat.
c. breathe.
b. grow.
d. All of the above
____ 26. Animal-like protists
a. are also known as protozoa.
c. may be either free-living or parasitic.
b. include amoebas and Paramecium.
d. All of the above
____ 27. A contractile vacuole
a. is a food passageway.
b. pumps out excess water.
c. is the location of food digestion.
d. can be found in any animal-like protist.
____ 28. Flagella are used by some algae to
a. carry out photosynthesis.
c. obtain oxygen.
b. move through water.
d. capture food.
____ 29. Euglenas cannot see, but they have ____ that respond to light.
a. micronuclei
c. contractile vacuoles
b. flagella
d. eyespots
____ 30. Amoebas move with
a. pseudopods
c. contractile vacuoles.
b. flagella.
d. cilia.
____ 31. Which of the following plants is nonvascular?
a. fern
c. conifer
b. moss
d. monocot
____ 32. The veins of a leaf contain
a. xylem and phloem.
c. epidermis and cuticle.
b. stomata.
d. xylem only.
____ 33. Flowering plants, such as apple trees and daisies,
a. use osmosis for nutrient transport.
b. are classified as angiosperms.
c. have independent gametophyte forms.
d. need water for delivery of sperm to eggs.
____ 34. The purpose of the cuticle on a plant is to
a. absorb the sun's light energy.
c. keep the plant from drying out.
b. allow the plant to breathe.
d. protect the plant from insects.
____ 35. Which plant is an example of an angiosperm?
a. a pine tree
c. a gingko tree
b. an oak tree
d. all of the above
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____ 36. Which of the following releases pollen grains?
a. stigma
c. anther
b. style
d. ovary
____ 37. Fertilization begins when pollen lands on the
a. style.
c. anther.
b. stigma.
d. filament.
____ 38. Fertilization occurs when sperm cells within pollen grains fertilize the eggs in a(n)
a. anther.
c. stigma.
b. ovary.
d. ovule.
____ 39. What stage of life is the plant pictured above in?
a. seed
c. mature plant
b. sprout
d. fruiting stage
____ 40. How many seeds could this plant have?
a. one
c. three
b. two
d. four
____ 41. Which of the following describes the body plan of a sponge?
a. radial symmetry
c. asymmetry
b. bilateral symmetry
d. partial symmetry
____ 42. Which insect goes through incomplete metamorphosis?
a. a grasshopper
c. a caterpillar
b. a moth
d. an butterfly
____ 43. During complete metamorphosis that forms an insect, a(n) ____ is inactive within a cocoon.
a. egg
c. pupa
b. larva
d. adult
____ 44. Tadpoles change into frogs by the process of
a. evolution.
c. metamorphosis.
b. internal fertilization.
d. temperature regulation.
____ 45. The word amphibian means
a. "reptilelike."
c. "coldblooded."
b. "double life."
d. "lizardlike."
____ 46. Ligaments are the connective tissue that attaches
a. bones to muscles.
c. muscles to other muscles.
b. bones to other bones.
d. muscles to dermis.
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____ 47. An adult human has approximately 206 bones which are part of the ____ system.
a. integumentary
c. endocrine
b. skeletal
d. lymphatic
____ 48. ____ allows your arms to move freely in all directions.
a. Rolling joints
c. Sliding joints
b. Ball-and-socket joints
d. Hinge joints
____ 49. Which muscle type is found in the digestive tract and in blood vessels?
a. smooth muscle
c. skeletal muscle
b. cardiac muscle
d. cranial muscle
____ 50. Which muscle type is found only in your heart?
a. smooth muscle
c. cardiac muscle
b. skeletal muscle
d. cranial muscle
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