Multiple Choice
1. What name is given to the scientific study of life?
a. geography
b. statistics
c. ecology
d. geology
e. biology
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING O...
Test Bank for Biology Today and Tomorrow With
Physiology 6th Edition Starr
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,Multiple Choice
1. What name is given to the scientific study of life?
a. geography
b. statistics
c. ecology
d. geology
e. biology
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.01 - Application
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM
2. The current rate of extinction in rain forests is about ____ species every minute.
a. 2
b. 20
c. 200
d. 2,000
e. 20,000
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.01 - Application
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM
3. The species extinctions taking place today are being caused by ____ activities.
a. human
b. volcanic
c. plate tectonic
d. extraterrestrial
e. geothermal
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth
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,QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.01 - Application
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM
4. Which of the following represents the most correct order of the organization of life from the smallest unit to the largest?
a. atoms molecules cells organisms populations communities ecosystems biosphere
b. atoms molecules cells organisms communities populations ecosystems biosphere
c. atoms molecules cells organisms populations ecosystems communities biosphere
d. communities biosphere organisms ecosystems populations cells molecules atoms
e. biosphere organisms communities ecosystems populations molecules cells atoms
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.02.01 - Describe the successive levels of life’s organization.
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM
5. Which of the following organization levels is the least inclusive?
a. population
b. community
c. cell
d. atom
e. molecule
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.02.01 - Describe the successive levels of life’s organization.
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM
6. An ecosystem is made up of ____.
a. only plants, animals, and fungi
b. organisms and nonliving things
c. only rocks and minerals
d. only plants, protozoa, and fungi
e. the biosphere of the region
ANSWER: b
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, POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.02.02 - Use examples to explain how complex properties can emerge
from interactions among simpler components.
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM
7. Lipids, proteins, DNA, RNA, and complex carbohydrates are all ____.
a. minerals
b. atoms
c. cells
d. molecules
e. elements
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.02.01 - Describe the successive levels of life’s organization.
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM
8. The emergent property of “life” appears at the level of the ____, when many molecules become organized.
a. population
b. atom
c. organism
d. cell
e. community
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Life Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.02.02 - Use examples to explain how complex properties can emerge
from interactions among simpler components.
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM
9. A population is composed of individuals of ____.
a. the same species
b. interacting species of different kinds
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