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

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

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