Download PRE-AP BIOLOGY: INTRODUCTION REVIEW QUESTIONS Life is

PRE-AP BIOLOGY: INTRODUCTION REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Life is organized in a hierarchical fashion. Which one of the following sequences illustrates that hierarchy
as it increases in complexity?
A) ecosystem, population, organ system, cell, community, molecule, organ, organism, tissue
B) cell, molecule, organ system, organ, population, tissue, organism, ecosystem, community
C) organism, organ system, tissue, population, organ, community, cell, ecosystem, molecule
D) molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem
E) ecosystem, molecule, cell, tissue, organism, organ system, organ, community
ANSWER: D
2.
The ultimate source of energy flowing into nearly all ecosystems is
A) wind.
B) sunlight.
C) electricity.
D) geothermal vents.
E) radioactivity
ANSWER: B
3. Which of the following, if any, is not a common cellular activity?
A) Cells respond to the environment.
B) Cells develop and maintain complex organization.
C) Cells take in and use energy.
D) Cells regulate their internal environment.
E) All of the choices are common cellular activities.
ANSWER: E
4.
Which of the following is/are properties of life?
A) a complex organization
B) the ability to take in energy and use it
C) the ability to respond to stimuli from the environment
D) the ability to reproduce
E) All of the choices are correct.
ANSWER: E
5.
Which one of the following is false? Living systems
A) are composed of two or more cells.
B) maintain a relatively consistent internal environment.
C) respond to changes in the environment.
D) encode their genetic information in DNA.
E) grow and develop.
ANSWER: A
6.
Members of the Kingdom Animalia
A) can obtain their food either by absorption or by photosynthesis.
B) are composed of cells that lack a cell wall.
C) are composed of cells that are surrounded by a cell wall.
D) are composed of cells that lack a cell membrane.
E) are composed of cells that are surrounded by a cell wall and that lack a cell membrane.
ANSWER: B
7.
Organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae
A) are photosynthetic.
B) contain cells that are surrounded by cell walls.
C) are all unicellular.
D) lack a nucleus.
E) are photosynthetic and contain cells that are surrounded by cell walls.
ANSWER: E
8.
If a light switch is moved from the "off" to the "on" position, then the light will go on. This statement
A) is the result of deductive reasoning.
B) is a conclusion.
C) can be tested.
D) can be falsified.
E) All of the choices are correct.
ANSWER: E
9.
The role of a control in an experiment is to
A) provide a basis of comparison to the experimental group.
B) prove that a hypothesis is correct.
C) ensure repeatability.
D) prove that a hypothesis is correct and ensure repeatability.
E) None of the choices are correct.
ANSWER: A
10. If a light switch is moved from the "off" to the "on" position, then the light will go on. This statement
A) is the result of deductive reasoning.
B) is a conclusion.
C) can be tested.
D) can be falsified.
E) All of the choices are correct.
ANSWER: E