Biology 003 - Introduction to Biology » Summer 2020 » Quiz 1

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Question #1
How is life defined?
A.   Life is determined by neural activity.
B.   A living thing must be able to move.
C.   The only requirement for life is the ability to reproduce.
D.   Life is defined through a set of shared characteristics that all living things display.
Question #2
A population consists of ________.
A.   living and nonliving components
B.   a group of interacting individuals from different species
C.   a group of interacting individuals of one species
D.   interacting populations
Question #3
What is the smallest unit of life?
A.   An organism
B.   An atom
C.   A molecule
D.   A cell
Question #4
What is the most common element in your body?
A.   Water
B.   Sugar
C.   Oxygen
D.   Carbon
Question #5
What are the monomers of proteins?
A.   Amino acids
B.   Nucleic acids
C.   Glucose
D.   Fatty acids
Question #6
Which cellular structure is unique to plant cells?
A.   Chloroplasts
B.   Ribosome
C.   Mitochondria
D.   Plasma membrane
Question #7
If you were looking at a cell under a powerful microscope, what would tell you that it is a eukaryotic cell?
A.   It has a nucleus.
B.   It has DNA.
C.   It has ribosomes.
D.   It is moving.
Question #8
Select the cellular structure that can be found in both plant and animal cells.
A.   Cell wall
B.   Chloroplast
C.   Mitochondria
D.   Vacuole
Question #9
Which of the following is an accurate description of the plasma membrane?
A.   Two layers of phospholipids with a number of proteins embedded within
B.   One layer of phospholipids with a number of proteins embedded within
C.   One layer of proteins with a few phospholipids embedded within
D.   Two layers of proteins with a few phospholipids embedded within
Question #10
  
A.   An information storage molecule
B.   A protein
C.   An energy molecule
D.   A lipid

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