TEST BANK
Campbell Biology
Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, & Robert B. Jackson
9th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life 1
Chapter 2 The Chemical Context of Life 19
Chapter 3 Water and Life 44
Chapter 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life 68
Chapter 5 The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules 91
Chapter 6 A Tour of the Cell 120
Chapter 7 Membrane Structure and Function 141
Chapter 8 An Introduction to Metabolism 165
Chapter 9 Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 188
Chapter 10 Photosynthesis 217
Chapter 11 Cell Communication 240
Chapter 12 The Cell Cycle 259
Chapter 13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles 281
Chapter 14 Mendel and the Gene Idea 301
Chapter 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance 324
Chapter 16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance 343
Chapter 17 From Gene to Protein 359
Chapter 18 Regulation of Gene Expression 382
Chapter 19 Viruses 408
Chapter 20 Biotechnology 424
Chapter 21 Genomes and Their Evolution 445
Chapter 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life 458
Chapter 23 The Evolution of Populations 475
Chapter 24 The Origin of Species 500
Chapter 25 The History of Life on Earth 521
Chapter 26 Phylogeny and the Tree of Life 546
Chapter 27 Bacteria and Archaea 570
Chapter 28 Protists 596
Chapter 29 Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land 618
Chapter 30 Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants 641
Chapter 31 Fungi 669
Chapter 32 An Overview of Animal Diversity 697
Chapter 33 An Introduction to Invertebrates 723
Chapter 34 The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates 750
Chapter 35 Plant Structure, Growth, and Development 783
Chapter 36 Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants 800
Chapter 37 Soil and Plant Nutrition 821
Chapter 38 Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology 843
,Chapter 39 Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals 864
Chapter 40 Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function 892
Chapter 41 Animal Nutrition 911
Chapter 42 Circulation and Gas Exchange 928
Chapter 43 The Immune System 951
Chapter 44 Osmoregulation and Excretion 977
Chapter 45 Hormones and the Endocrine System 993
Chapter 46 Animal Reproduction 1011
Chapter 47 Animal Development 1034
Chapter 48 Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling 1055
Chapter 49 Nervous Systems 1073
Chapter 50 Sensory and Motor Mechanisms 1089
Chapter 51 Animal Behavior 1110
Chapter 52 An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere 1130
Chapter 53 Population Ecology 1153
Chapter 54 Community Ecology 1181
Chapter 55 Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology 1203
Chapter 56 Conservation Biology and Global Change 1224
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Test Bank - Campbell Biology, 9th Edition (Reece 2012)
Chapter 1 Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life
This introductory chapter explores the basic themes and concepts of biology, with emphasis on the
core theme of evolution. It also introduces students to the thinking of scientists. Questions are
therefore general; however, an effort has been made to include some from each skill level. As in the
rest of this test bank, questions that feature art or those for which several questions follow upon some
data or a scenario are placed together at the end of the chapter.
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species is called a
A) biosystem.
B) community.
C) population.
D) ecosystem.
E) family.
Answer: C
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Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
2) Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy. For
example, plant chloroplasts convert the energy of sunlight into
A) the energy of motion.
B) carbon dioxide and water.
C) the potential energy of chemical bonds.
D) oxygen.
E) kinetic energy.
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
3) The main source of energy for producers in an ecosystem is
A) light energy.
B) kinetic energy.
C) thermal energy.
D) chemical energy.
E) ATP.
Answer: A
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
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4) Which of the following types of cells utilize deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as their genetic
material but do not have their DNA encased within a nuclear envelope?
A) animal
B) plant
C) archaea
D) fungi
E) protists
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
5) To understand the chemical basis of inheritance, we must understand the molecular
structure of DNA. This is an example of the application of which concept to the study of
biology?
A) evolution
B) emergent properties
C) reductionism
D) the cell theory
E) feedback regulation
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Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
6) Once labor begins in childbirth, contractions increase in intensity and frequency until
delivery. The increasing labor contractions of childbirth are an example of which type of
regulation?
A) a bioinformatic system
B) positive feedback
C) negative feedback
D) feedback inhibition
E) enzymatic catalysis
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
7) When the bodyʹs blood glucose level rises, the pancreas secretes insulin and, as a result,
the blood glucose level declines. When the blood glucose level is low, the pancreas
secretes glucagon and, as a result, the blood glucose level rises. Such regulation of the
blood glucose level is the result of
A) catalytic feedback.
B) positive feedback.
C) negative feedback.
D) bioinformatic regulation.
E) protein-protein interactions.
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
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Test Bank - Campbell Biology, 9th Edition (Reece 2012)
8) Which branch of biology is concerned with the naming and classifying of organisms?
A) informatics
B) schematic biology
C) taxonomy
D) genomics
E) evolution
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
9) Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells generally have which of the following features in
common?
A) a membrane-bounded nucleus
B) a cell wall made of cellulose
C) ribosomes
D) flagella or cilia that contain microtubules
E) linear chromosomes made of DNA and protein
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
W W W . T B S M . W S
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
10) Prokaryotes are classified as belonging to two different domains. What are the domains?
A) Bacteria and Eukarya
B) Archaea and Monera
C) Eukarya and Monera
D) Bacteria and Protista
E) Bacteria and Archaea
Answer: E
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
11) Global warming, as demonstrated by observations such as melting of glaciers, increasing
CO 2 levels, and increasing average ambient temperatures, has already had many effects
on living organisms. Which of the following might best offer a solution to this problem?
A) Continue to measure these and other parameters of the problem.
B) Increase the abilities of animals to migrate to more suitable habitats.
C) Do nothing; nature will attain its own balance.
D) Limit the burning of fossil fuels and regulate our loss of forested areas.
E) Recycle as much as possible.
Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Synthesis/Evaluation
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12) A water sample from a hot thermal vent contained a single-celled organism that had a
cell wall but lacked a nucleus. What is its most likely classification?
A) Eukarya
B) Archaea
C) Animalia
D) Protista
E) Fungi
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
13) A filamentous organism has been isolated from decomposing organic matter. This
organism has a cell wall but no chloroplasts. How would you classify this organism?
A) domain Bacteria, kingdom Prokaryota
B) domain Archaea, kingdom Bacteria
C) domain Eukarya, kingdom Plantae
D) domain Eukarya, kingdom Protista
E) domain Eukarya, kingdom Fungi
Answer: E
W W W . T B S M . W S
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
14) Which of these provides evidence of the common ancestry of all life?
A) ubiquitous use of catalysts by living systems
B) near universality of the genetic code
C) structure of the nucleus
D) structure of cilia
E) structure of chloroplasts
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
15) Which of the following is (are) true of natural selection?
A) It requires genetic variation.
B) It results in descent with modification.
C) It involves differential reproductive success.
D) It results in descent with modification and involves differential reproductive
success.
E) It requires genetic variation, results in descent with modification, and involves
differential reproductive success.
Answer: E
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
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16) Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for descent with modification that stated that
organisms of a particular species are adapted to their environment when they possess
A) non-inheritable traits that enhance their survival in the local environment.
B) non-inheritable traits that enhance their reproductive success in the local
environment.
C) non-inheritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the
local environment.
D) inheritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the local
environment.
E) inheritable traits that decrease their survival and reproductive success in the local
environment.
Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
17) Which of these individuals is likely to be most successful in an evolutionary sense?
A) a reproductively sterile individual who never falls ill
B) an organism that dies after five days of life but leaves 10 offspring, all of whom
survive to reproduce
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C) a male who mates with 20 females and fathers one offspring
D) an organism that lives 100 years and leaves two offspring, both of whom survive to
reproduce
E) a female who mates with 20 males and produces one offspring that lives to
reproduce
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
18) In a hypothetical world, every 50 years people over 6 feet tall are eliminated from the
population before they reproduce. Based on your knowledge of natural selection, you
would predict that the average height of the human population will
A) remain unchanged.
B) gradually decline.
C) rapidly decline.
D) gradually increase.
E) rapidly increase.
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
19) Through time, the lineage that led to modern whales shows a change from four -limbed
land animals to aquatic animals with two limbs that function as flippers. This change is
best explained by
A) natural philosophy.
B) creationism.
C) the hierarchy of the biological organization of life.
D) natural selection.
E) feedback inhibition.
Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
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Campbell Biology
Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, & Robert B. Jackson
9th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life 1
Chapter 2 The Chemical Context of Life 19
Chapter 3 Water and Life 44
Chapter 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life 68
Chapter 5 The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules 91
Chapter 6 A Tour of the Cell 120
Chapter 7 Membrane Structure and Function 141
Chapter 8 An Introduction to Metabolism 165
Chapter 9 Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 188
Chapter 10 Photosynthesis 217
Chapter 11 Cell Communication 240
Chapter 12 The Cell Cycle 259
Chapter 13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles 281
Chapter 14 Mendel and the Gene Idea 301
Chapter 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance 324
Chapter 16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance 343
Chapter 17 From Gene to Protein 359
Chapter 18 Regulation of Gene Expression 382
Chapter 19 Viruses 408
Chapter 20 Biotechnology 424
Chapter 21 Genomes and Their Evolution 445
Chapter 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life 458
Chapter 23 The Evolution of Populations 475
Chapter 24 The Origin of Species 500
Chapter 25 The History of Life on Earth 521
Chapter 26 Phylogeny and the Tree of Life 546
Chapter 27 Bacteria and Archaea 570
Chapter 28 Protists 596
Chapter 29 Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land 618
Chapter 30 Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants 641
Chapter 31 Fungi 669
Chapter 32 An Overview of Animal Diversity 697
Chapter 33 An Introduction to Invertebrates 723
Chapter 34 The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates 750
Chapter 35 Plant Structure, Growth, and Development 783
Chapter 36 Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants 800
Chapter 37 Soil and Plant Nutrition 821
Chapter 38 Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology 843
,Chapter 39 Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals 864
Chapter 40 Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function 892
Chapter 41 Animal Nutrition 911
Chapter 42 Circulation and Gas Exchange 928
Chapter 43 The Immune System 951
Chapter 44 Osmoregulation and Excretion 977
Chapter 45 Hormones and the Endocrine System 993
Chapter 46 Animal Reproduction 1011
Chapter 47 Animal Development 1034
Chapter 48 Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling 1055
Chapter 49 Nervous Systems 1073
Chapter 50 Sensory and Motor Mechanisms 1089
Chapter 51 Animal Behavior 1110
Chapter 52 An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere 1130
Chapter 53 Population Ecology 1153
Chapter 54 Community Ecology 1181
Chapter 55 Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology 1203
Chapter 56 Conservation Biology and Global Change 1224
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Test Bank - Campbell Biology, 9th Edition (Reece 2012)
Chapter 1 Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life
This introductory chapter explores the basic themes and concepts of biology, with emphasis on the
core theme of evolution. It also introduces students to the thinking of scientists. Questions are
therefore general; however, an effort has been made to include some from each skill level. As in the
rest of this test bank, questions that feature art or those for which several questions follow upon some
data or a scenario are placed together at the end of the chapter.
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species is called a
A) biosystem.
B) community.
C) population.
D) ecosystem.
E) family.
Answer: C
W W W . T B S M . W S
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
2) Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy. For
example, plant chloroplasts convert the energy of sunlight into
A) the energy of motion.
B) carbon dioxide and water.
C) the potential energy of chemical bonds.
D) oxygen.
E) kinetic energy.
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
3) The main source of energy for producers in an ecosystem is
A) light energy.
B) kinetic energy.
C) thermal energy.
D) chemical energy.
E) ATP.
Answer: A
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
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Test Bank - Campbell Biology, 9th Edition (Reece 2012)
4) Which of the following types of cells utilize deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as their genetic
material but do not have their DNA encased within a nuclear envelope?
A) animal
B) plant
C) archaea
D) fungi
E) protists
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
5) To understand the chemical basis of inheritance, we must understand the molecular
structure of DNA. This is an example of the application of which concept to the study of
biology?
A) evolution
B) emergent properties
C) reductionism
D) the cell theory
E) feedback regulation
W W W . T B S M . W S
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
6) Once labor begins in childbirth, contractions increase in intensity and frequency until
delivery. The increasing labor contractions of childbirth are an example of which type of
regulation?
A) a bioinformatic system
B) positive feedback
C) negative feedback
D) feedback inhibition
E) enzymatic catalysis
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
7) When the bodyʹs blood glucose level rises, the pancreas secretes insulin and, as a result,
the blood glucose level declines. When the blood glucose level is low, the pancreas
secretes glucagon and, as a result, the blood glucose level rises. Such regulation of the
blood glucose level is the result of
A) catalytic feedback.
B) positive feedback.
C) negative feedback.
D) bioinformatic regulation.
E) protein-protein interactions.
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
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Test Bank - Campbell Biology, 9th Edition (Reece 2012)
8) Which branch of biology is concerned with the naming and classifying of organisms?
A) informatics
B) schematic biology
C) taxonomy
D) genomics
E) evolution
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
9) Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells generally have which of the following features in
common?
A) a membrane-bounded nucleus
B) a cell wall made of cellulose
C) ribosomes
D) flagella or cilia that contain microtubules
E) linear chromosomes made of DNA and protein
Answer: C
Topic: Concept 1.1
W W W . T B S M . W S
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
10) Prokaryotes are classified as belonging to two different domains. What are the domains?
A) Bacteria and Eukarya
B) Archaea and Monera
C) Eukarya and Monera
D) Bacteria and Protista
E) Bacteria and Archaea
Answer: E
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
11) Global warming, as demonstrated by observations such as melting of glaciers, increasing
CO 2 levels, and increasing average ambient temperatures, has already had many effects
on living organisms. Which of the following might best offer a solution to this problem?
A) Continue to measure these and other parameters of the problem.
B) Increase the abilities of animals to migrate to more suitable habitats.
C) Do nothing; nature will attain its own balance.
D) Limit the burning of fossil fuels and regulate our loss of forested areas.
E) Recycle as much as possible.
Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Synthesis/Evaluation
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Test Bank - Campbell Biology, 9th Edition (Reece 2012)
12) A water sample from a hot thermal vent contained a single-celled organism that had a
cell wall but lacked a nucleus. What is its most likely classification?
A) Eukarya
B) Archaea
C) Animalia
D) Protista
E) Fungi
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
13) A filamentous organism has been isolated from decomposing organic matter. This
organism has a cell wall but no chloroplasts. How would you classify this organism?
A) domain Bacteria, kingdom Prokaryota
B) domain Archaea, kingdom Bacteria
C) domain Eukarya, kingdom Plantae
D) domain Eukarya, kingdom Protista
E) domain Eukarya, kingdom Fungi
Answer: E
W W W . T B S M . W S
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
14) Which of these provides evidence of the common ancestry of all life?
A) ubiquitous use of catalysts by living systems
B) near universality of the genetic code
C) structure of the nucleus
D) structure of cilia
E) structure of chloroplasts
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
15) Which of the following is (are) true of natural selection?
A) It requires genetic variation.
B) It results in descent with modification.
C) It involves differential reproductive success.
D) It results in descent with modification and involves differential reproductive
success.
E) It requires genetic variation, results in descent with modification, and involves
differential reproductive success.
Answer: E
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
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Test Bank - Campbell Biology, 9th Edition (Reece 2012)
16) Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for descent with modification that stated that
organisms of a particular species are adapted to their environment when they possess
A) non-inheritable traits that enhance their survival in the local environment.
B) non-inheritable traits that enhance their reproductive success in the local
environment.
C) non-inheritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the
local environment.
D) inheritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the local
environment.
E) inheritable traits that decrease their survival and reproductive success in the local
environment.
Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
17) Which of these individuals is likely to be most successful in an evolutionary sense?
A) a reproductively sterile individual who never falls ill
B) an organism that dies after five days of life but leaves 10 offspring, all of whom
survive to reproduce
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C) a male who mates with 20 females and fathers one offspring
D) an organism that lives 100 years and leaves two offspring, both of whom survive to
reproduce
E) a female who mates with 20 males and produces one offspring that lives to
reproduce
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
18) In a hypothetical world, every 50 years people over 6 feet tall are eliminated from the
population before they reproduce. Based on your knowledge of natural selection, you
would predict that the average height of the human population will
A) remain unchanged.
B) gradually decline.
C) rapidly decline.
D) gradually increase.
E) rapidly increase.
Answer: B
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
19) Through time, the lineage that led to modern whales shows a change from four -limbed
land animals to aquatic animals with two limbs that function as flippers. This change is
best explained by
A) natural philosophy.
B) creationism.
C) the hierarchy of the biological organization of life.
D) natural selection.
E) feedback inhibition.
Answer: D
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
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