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

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