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List the hierarchy of life from least inclusive to most inclusive. |
molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem |
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Your instructor asks you to look into your microscope to see a prokaryotic cell. You will be looking for a cell that |
has a membrane. |
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Which of the following statements about ecosystems is false? A) Bacteria and fungi recycle energy within an ecosystem. B) Plants and other photosynthetic organisms are producers in ecosystems. C) Chemical nutrients cycle within an ecosystem. D) In the process of energy conversions within an ecosystem, some energy is converted to heat. |
A) Bacteria and fungi recycle energy within an ecosystem. |
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Organisms that are prokaryotes are in the domains |
Bacteria and Archaea. |
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Which of the following is a kingdom within the domain Eukarya? A) Viruses B) Fungi C) Archaea D) Bacteria |
B) Fungi |
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All organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae A) are photosynthetic. B) obtain food by decomposing the remains of dead organisms and absorbing the nutrients. C) are unicellular and lack a nucleus. D) are multicellular and lack a nucleus. |
A) are photosynthetic |
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Kingdom Fungi includes species A) such as mushrooms and plants. B) that obtain food by ingestion. C) that use photosynthesis to obtain food. D) that obtain food by decomposing dead organisms and absorbing the nutrients |
D) that obtain food by decomposing dead organisms and absorbing the nutrients |
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An antibiotic kills 99.9% of a bacterial population. You would expect the next generation of bacteria A) to be just as susceptible to that antibiotic as was the previous generation. B) to be more resistant to that antibiotic. C) to die out due to the drastic decrease in population size. D) to be more contagious than the prior generation. |
B) to be more resistant to that antibiotic. |
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You notice that over the past month, many students on campus have started wearing a new style of school sweatshirt. You think to yourself that perhaps the bookstore has recently started selling this new sweatshirt style. This prediction is an example of |
a hypothesis |
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The conversion of solar energy to form sugar is known as - |
photosynthesis |
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The flow of energy among living organisms is best characterized by – |
one way |
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The least inclusive taxonomic category is |
species |
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Members of what domain are evolutionary closest to eukaryotes? |
Archaea |
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__________ is a state in which the internal environment is being maintained within a tolerable range. |
Homeostasis |
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The control in an experiment - |
allows a standard of comparison for the experimental group |
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To be scientifically valid, a hypothesis must be |
testable and falsifiable. |
