Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology 5th Edition Starr Test Bank

Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology 5th Edition Starr Test Bank Multiple Choice

• What name is given to the scientific study of life?
• geography
• statistics
• ecology
• geology
• biology

ANSWER: e

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember

REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on Earth.

• The current rate of extinctions is about times faster than normal.
• 10
• 100
• 1000
• 100,000
• 1,000,000

ANSWER: c

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember

REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on Earth.

• The species extinctions taking place today are being caused by activities.
• human
• volcanic
• plate tectonic
• extraterrestrial
• geothermal

ANSWER: a

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember

REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.01 - Describe the study of biology and importance of biodiversity on Earth.

• Which of the following represents the most correct order of the organization of life from the smallest unit to the largest?
• atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → populations → communities → ecosystems → biosphere
• atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → communities → populations→ ecosystems → biosphere
• atoms → molecules → cells → organisms → populations → ecosystems → communities → biosphere
• communities → biosphere → organisms → ecosystems → populations → cells → molecules → atoms
• biosphere → organisms → communities → ecosystems → populations → molecules → cells → atoms

ANSWER: a 1 / 4

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• Which of the following organization levels is the least inclusive?
• population
• community
• cell
• atom
• molecule

ANSWER: d

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• An ecosystem is made up of .
• only plants, animals and fungi
• organisms and nonliving things
• only rocks and minerals
• only plants, protozoa, and fungi
• the biosphere of the region

ANSWER: b

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• Lipids, proteins, DNA, RNA, and complex carbohydrates are all .
• minerals
• atoms
• cells
• molecules
• elements

ANSWER: d

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• The emergent property of “life” appears at the level of the , when many molecules become organized.
• population
• atom
• organism
• cell
• community

ANSWER: d 2 / 4

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• A population is composed of individuals of .
• the same species
• interacting species of different kinds
• interacting species and nonliving things
• a single species interacting with nonliving things
• all species found in a given area

ANSWER: a

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• Living organisms are members of all of the levels listed below. However, soil is a component of .
• the community
• the population
• the ecosystem
• both the population and ecosystem
• both the community and the biosphere

ANSWER: c

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Apply

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• Which of the following is a basic component of all of the others?
• cells
• organs
• tissues
• organism
• organ systems

ANSWER: a

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• Which of the following represents an activity within a population?
• a fox consuming a rabbit
• the absorption of nitrogen by bacteria and converting it to a form useful to plants
• a peacock spreading and shaking his feathers to attract a female
• moss growing on the north side of a large pine tree
• a virus causing rabies in a dog

ANSWER: c 3 / 4

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• The level of organization that encompasses all regions of Earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere in which organisms

live is known as .

• the biosphere
• a community
• an ecosystem
• a population
• an organism’s habitat

ANSWER: a

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand

REFERENCES: 1.2 Life is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.02 - Summarize the levels of organization in nature.

• Which of the following characteristics are shared by all living organisms?
• hereditary information is passed to offspring

II. adaptation to environmental change III. requirement for nutrients IV. DNA housed in a nucleus

• I and II
• I and III
• II and III
• I, II, and III
• I, II, III, and IV

ANSWER: d

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Analyze

REFERENCES: 1.3 How Living Things Are Alike

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.03 - List the important factors that distinguish living organisms from non-living organisms.

• A substance that an organism needs for growth and survival but cannot make for itself is referred to as a(n) .
• chemical
• nutrient
• atom
• DNA molecule
• carbohydrate

ANSWER: b

DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand

REFERENCES: 1.3 How Living Things Are Alike

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.16.01.03 - List the important factors that distinguish living organisms from non-living organisms.

• All organisms fit into one of the two following categories. What two categories are these?
• consumers and decomposers
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