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This quiz will cover chapters one and two of the cammbell biology textbook that is used at the University of Houston.

Questions and Answers

1.

What is reductionism?
- A.
  
  Examines the parts that make up complex form in order to understand how it functions
- B.
  
  Depends upon arrangements and interactions of components at each level
- C.
  
  Examines the features of a whole system through the use of models
- D.
  
  All of the above
- E.
  
  None of the above
Correct Answer
A. Examines the parts that make up complex form in order to understand how it functions
2.

What are emergent properties?
- A.
  
  Examines the parts that make up complex form in order to understand how it functions
- B.
  
  Examines the features of a whole system through the use of models
- C.
  
  Depends upon arrangements and interactions of components at each level
Correct Answer
C. Depends upon arrangements and interactions of components at each level
3.

What are the levels of biological organization? (in plural tense and in order of highest to lowest)

Correct Answer
biospheres, ecosystems, communities, populations, organisms, organs, tissues, organelles, molecules, atoms
4.

What is systems biology?

Correct Answer
examines the features of a whole system through the use of models
5.

Organisms possess ___ processes to exhange matter and energy within its environment

Correct Answer
metabolic
6.

___ break down dead organic material and release nutrients back into the environment

Correct Answer
decomposers
7.

Biological structures correlate to their____.

Correct Answer
function
8.

Eukaryotic cells have:
- A.
  
  DNA in a nucleus
- B.
  
  None of the above
- C.
  
  Multiple organelles
- D.
  
  Larger size
- E.
  
  All of the above
Correct Answer
E. All of the above
9.

Eukaryotic cells have:
- A.
  
  50x smaller
- B.
  
  No organelles
- C.
  
  DNA free in cytoplasm
- D.
  
  All of the above
- E.
  
  None of the above
Correct Answer
E. None of the above
10.

DNA contains the information, organized into __ that determines and controls all functions of an organism

Correct Answer
genes
11.

DNA is

Correct Answer
the heritable material passed from parent to offspring and directs development of an organism
12.

Different RNA molecules serve to ________________________________________________

Correct Answer
convert the information in genes to protiens
13.

Transcription is the process that_________________________

Correct Answer
generates RNA copies of genes
14.

Translation________________

Correct Answer
deciphers the genetic code to form a specific sequence of amino acids
15.

What are the nucleotides? (in alphabetical order)

Correct Answer
adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
16.

Homeostatis

Correct Answer
organisms detect environmental changes and attempt to maintain constant internal conditions
17.

Negative feedback:

Correct Answer
reduces output
18.

Positive feedback

Correct Answer
increases output
19.

Diversity and unity of life are explained by

Correct Answer
evolution
20.

Some organisms share the same skeletal features( ___), yet have uniques differences, (___), that suit each to its environment(___).

Correct Answer
unity, adaptions, diversity
21.

Definition of mutations

Correct Answer
random changes in DNA
22.

Adaptions arise from

Correct Answer
beneficial mutations
23.

What are the three domains?

Correct Answer
bacteria, archaebacterica, eukarya
24.

What are the 6 kingdoms?

Correct Answer
bacteria, archaebacteria, protista, platae, fungi, animalia

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Biology Chapter 1

What is reductionism?

What are emergent properties?

What are the levels of biological organization? (in plural tense and in order of highest to lowest)

What is systems biology?

Organisms possess ___ processes to exhange matter and energy within its environment

___ break down dead organic material and release nutrients back into the environment

Biological structures correlate to their____.

Eukaryotic cells have:

Eukaryotic cells have:

DNA contains the information, organized into __ that determines and controls all functions of an organism

DNA is

Different RNA molecules serve to ________________________________________________

Transcription is the process that_________________________

Translation________________

What are the nucleotides? (in alphabetical order)

Homeostatis

Negative feedback:

Positive feedback

Diversity and unity of life are explained by

Some organisms share the same skeletal features( ___), yet have uniques differences, (___), that suit each to its environment(___).

Definition of mutations

Adaptions arise from

What are the three domains?

What are the 6 kingdoms?

Some organisms share the same skeletal features( _), yet have uniques differences, (_), that suit each to its environment(___).