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Inquiry Into Life 15th Edition Mader Test Bank Chapter 01 The Study of Life

Multiple Choice Questions

• Organs are composed of tissues, which are composed of cells. This is an example of which

characteristic of life?

• Living things grow and develop.
• Living things respond to stimuli.
• Living things maintain themselves by homeostasis.
• Living things have levels of hierarchical organization.
• Living things are adapted to the environment.

Organs represent one level in the hierarchy of biological organization but they are a higher level of organization than either tissues or cells. The other answer choices are also characteristics of life; however, the example is concerned specifically with levels of organization.

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.01.01 Identify the basic characteristics of life.

Section: 01.01

Topic: Levels of Biological Organization

• The smallest unit that has all of the characteristics of life is the
• cell.
• tissue.
• organ.
• organ system.
• organism.

The cell is the basic unit of life. Some organisms are single-celled; however, others are comprised of cells arranged into tissues, organs, and organ systems.

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.01.02 Distinguish between the levels of biological organization.

Section: 01.01

Topic: Levels of Biological Organization 1 / 4

• Which level of biological organization is composed of several tissues?
• organism
• organ system
• organ
• cell
• molecules

Organs are composed of tissues working together in a common set of functions. Tissues are collections of cells, and cells are made up of various molecules. Organs make up organ systems, which comprise the organism.

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.01.02 Distinguish between the levels of biological organization.

Section: 01.01

Topic: Levels of Biological Organization

• Which sequence correctly lists the different levels of biological organization, from the

smallest and simplest to the largest and most complex?

• cells-organs-tissues-organ systems-organism
• cells-tissues-organ systems-organs-organism
• tissues-cells-organs-organ systems-organism
• tissues-organs-organ systems-organism-cells
• cells-tissues-organs-organ systems-organism

The cell is the smallest, simplest unit of life. Cells are organized into tissues, which make up organs. A group of organs working together for a common set of functions comprises an organ system. An individual organism contains several organ systems.

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.01.02 Distinguish between the levels of biological organization.

Section: 01.01

Topic: Levels of Biological Organization 2 / 4

• Which statement concerning reproduction is false?
• Hereditary information is passed on to the next generation.
• Hereditary information is in the form of genes.
• The offspring of asexual organisms have the same genes as the single parent.
• The offspring of sexual organisms have roughly one half of the genes from each parent.
• The offspring of multicellular organisms tend to be identical to the parent.

Multicellular organisms generally use sexual reproduction, in which each parent contributes to the genetic makeup of the offspring; thus, the offspring is not genetically identical to either parent.

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.01.01 Identify the basic characteristics of life.

Section: 01.01

Topic: Characteristics of Life

• Which sequence of classification categories is in the proper order from least to most

inclusive?

• genus, class, kingdom, domain, order, phylum, species, family
• domain, class, genus, family, species, order, phylum, kingdom
• species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain
• genus, species, order, class, family, kingdom, domain, phylum
• species, genus, family, class, order, phylum, kingdom, domain

The correct sequence is species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain.Species is the least inclusive category in the taxonomic hierarchy; domain is the most inclusive.

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.02.01 Describe how living things are classified.

Section: 01.02

Topic: Levels of Biological Organization 3 / 4

• What is the correct format for the binomial name of human beings?
• Homo Sapiens
• homo Sapiens
• homo sapiens
• Homo sapiens
• Sapiens homo

When using binomial naming, the genus name should come first, and its first letter is always capitalized. The species name follows, in all lowercase letters. Thus, the correct answer is Homo sapiens.

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.02.01 Describe how living things are classified.

Section: 01.02

Topic: Levels of Biological Organization

• Corn belongs to the kingdom
• Plantae.
• Animalia.
• Fungi.
• Protista.
• Archaea.

Corn is an example of a multicellular, photosynthetic organism belonging to kingdom Plantae.

Bloom's Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.02.01 Describe how living things are classified.

Section: 01.02

Topic: Levels of Biological Organization

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