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,Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Science of Life
1. Which property of life involves maintaining a stable internal environment?
○ a) Growth and Development
○ b) Homeostasis
○ c) Energy Processing
○ d) Evolutionary Adaptations
2. Which property of life refers to the ability to produce offspring?
○ a) Order
○ b) Reproduction
○ c) Growth
○ d) Response to Environment
3. What is the term for the property of life that allows organisms to change
over time?
○ a) Order
○ b) Energy Processing
○ c) Evolutionary Adaptations
○ d) Response to Environment
4. Which property of life involves taking in energy from the environment and
converting it to a usable form?
○ a) Growth and Development
○ b) Reproduction
○ c) Energy Processing
○ d) Homeostasis
5. What property is demonstrated when an organism responds to stimuli from
its environment?
○ a) Order
○ b) Evolutionary Adaptations
○ c) Response to Environment
○ d) Growth and Development
6. Which hierarchical level of biological organization is directly below the
community level?
○ a) Organism
○ b) Population
○ c) Ecosystem
○ d) Biosphere
7. What is the major theme of biology that explains how all living things share
a common ancestor?
○ a) Structure and Function
, ○ b) Information Flow
○ c) Interconnections within Systems
○ d) Evolution
8. At which level of biological organization does the property of life first
appear?
○ a) Molecule
○ b) Organelle
○ c) Cell
○ d) Tissue
9. Which theme of biology is illustrated by the way a bird's wing structure aids
in flight?
○ a) Structure and Function
○ b) Energy and Matter
○ c) Information Flow
○ d) Interconnections within Systems
10. What level of biological organization includes all the ecosystems on
Earth?
● a) Biosphere
● b) Ecosystem
● c) Community
● d) Population
11. What is the first step in the scientific method?
● a) Hypothesis
● b) Observation
● c) Experiment
● d) Conclusion
12. Which approach involves testing a hypothesis through controlled
conditions?
● a) Observational Study
● b) Epidemiological Study
● c) Experimental Study
● d) Theoretical Study
13. In the process of science, what is a hypothesis?
● a) An untestable statement
● b) A well-substantiated explanation
● c) A proposed explanation for an observation
● d) A confirmed fact
14. Which type of reasoning involves making generalizations based on a
large number of specific observations?
● a) Deductive Reasoning
● b) Inductive Reasoning
● c) Theoretical Reasoning
● d) Empirical Reasoning
, 15. What is a scientific theory?
● a) A proposed explanation that has not been tested
● b) A narrow-scope idea with little evidence
● c) A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world
● d) A hypothesis that has been disproven
16. In a controlled experiment, which variable is manipulated by the
researcher?
● a) Dependent Variable
● b) Control Variable
● c) Independent Variable
● d) Extraneous Variable
17. What is the purpose of a control group in an experiment?
● a) To manipulate variables
● b) To serve as a standard for comparison
● c) To receive treatment
● d) To introduce new variables
18. Which type of graph is best used to show the relationship between
two continuous variables?
● a) Bar Graph
● b) Line Graph
● c) Pie Chart
● d) Histogram
19. How does a double-blind experiment help to ensure reliable results?
● a) By including more variables
● b) By keeping both the subjects and researchers unaware of who is
receiving the treatment
● c) By only changing one variable at a time
● d) By repeating the experiment multiple times
20. What is the dependent variable in an experiment?
● a) The variable that is manipulated
● b) The variable that is measured
● c) The variable that is controlled
● d) The variable that is ignored
21. What is the primary characteristic of a peer-reviewed article?
● a) It is written by a single author
● b) It is reviewed by experts in the field before publication
● c) It is published in a magazine
● d) It contains no references
22. Which type of study would most likely be used to investigate the
long-term effects of a new medication?
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