Test Bank to Accompany Life The Science of Biology, 10th Edition Sadava, Hillis, Heller, BerenbaumTable of Contents Chapter 1: Studying Life ........................................................................................................................................... 1 STUDY GUIDE QUES...
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Studying Life........................................................................................................................................... 1
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS.......................................................................................................................... 49
Chapter 2: Small Molecules and the Chemistry of Life..................................................................................... 55
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 104
Chapter 3: Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids............................................................................................... 109
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 156
Chapter 4: Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life ............................................................................................. 162
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 212
Chapter 5: Cells: The Working Units of Life .................................................................................................... 218
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 234
Chapter 6: Cell Membranes ................................................................................................................................. 240
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 259
Chapter 7: Cell Communication and Multicellularity ...................................................................................... 265
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 316
Chapter 8: Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism ................................................................................................ 323
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 364
Chapter 9: Pathways That Harvest Chemical Energy ..................................................................................... 371
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 412
Chapter 10: Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight......................................................................................... 417
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS........................................................................................................................ 462
Test Bank
to accompany
Life: The Science of Biology, Tenth Edition
Sadava • Hillis • Heller • Berenbaum
Chapter 1: Studying Life
TEST FILE QUESTIONS
(By Richard Shingles)
Multiple Choice
1. The basic structural and physiological unit of all living organisms is the
a. aggregate.
b. organelle.
c. organism.
d. membrane.
e. cell.
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
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,2. A cell
a. can be composed of many types of tissues.
b. is found only in plants and animals.
c. is the smallest entity studied by biologists.
d. may be a distinct entity or a building block of a more complex organism.
e. All of the above
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
3. The Curiosity rover is currently searching for signs of life on Mars. What kind of evidence
would most likely indicate the presence of living organisms on Mars?
a. Fossilized prokaryotic cells
b. Different nucleic acids and amino acids than those found on Earth
c. Fatty acid molecules
d. Complex molecules containing genetic information
e. Simple organic molecules
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
4. Which of the following is not true of life?
a. Life has a common ancestry.
b. Life is made up of living organisms.
c. Living organisms are all descended from a common origin.
d. Life has multiple origins.
e. Life has striking similarities across gene sequences.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
5. Earth is approximately years old.
a. 5.5 million
b. 40–50 million
c. 4.5 billion
d. 5 trillion
e. 40 trillion
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
6. There has been life on Earth for approximately years.
a. 10 thousand
b. 4 million
c. 100 million
d. 1 billion
e. 4 billion
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
7. The oldest rocks on Earth are approximately years old.
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,a. 4,000‒5,000
b. 400,000‒500,000
c. 2–3 million
d. 4–5 billion
e. 8 billion
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
8. The seed of a desert plant may be dormant for many years without growing, but is still considered
to be alive because it
a. is always converting molecules.
b. possesses heritable information.
c. is always regulating its internal environment.
d. is reproducing.
e. is extracting energy from its environment.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
9. Which of the following statements about viruses is true?
a. They do not mutate and evolve.
b. They do not contain genetic information.
c. They carry out physiological functions on their own.
d. Their existence depends on cells.
e. Biologists do not consider viruses to be part of life.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 4. Analyzing
10. The critical step for the evolution of life was the
a. formation of fatty acids.
b. formation of simple molecules.
c. appearance of proteins that could replicate themselves.
d. appearance of nucleic acids that could replicate themselves.
e. synthesis of proteins.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
11. Cellular structure occurs due to
a. an aggregation of cells.
b. the synthesis of proteins with stable shapes.
c. the enclosure of biological molecules by a membrane.
d. complex proteins being dissolved in water.
e. the formation of reactants and products.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
12. To fuel cellular metabolism, early prokaryotes
a. took in small molecules directly from the environment.
b. fed on other prokaryotes.
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, c. converted oxygen into biological energy.
d. transformed the energy of sunlight into biological energy.
e. Both a and d
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
13. The chemical formula for oxygen gas is
a. O.
b. O2.
c. H2O2.
d. O3.
e. CO2.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
14. The abundance of O2 led to the evolution of
a. anaerobic eukaryotes.
b. aerobic eukaryotes.
c. anaerobic prokaryotes.
d. aerobic prokaryotes.
e. Both b and d
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 4. Analyzing
15. The chemical formula for ozone is
a. O.
b. O2.
c. H2O2.
d. O3.
e. None of the above
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
16. O2 is important to life on Earth because it
a. allows for anaerobic metabolism.
b. blocks UV radiation.
c. produces ozone in the upper atmosphere.
d. provides energy to some basic forms of life.
e. provides food for early prokaryotes.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: 1.1 What Is Biology?
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
17. The accumulation of allowed organisms to grow larger.
a. O2 in the atmosphere
b. CO2 in the atmosphere
c. CO2 in the water
d. O3 in the atmosphere
e. Both b and c
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