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The Theory of Evolution is the central organizing principle of biology. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The properties of life today are very different from those present at its origin. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Many remarkable properties have arisen during life's long evolutionary history and are observable in various combinations among currently living forms. These properties include which of the following? |
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| | A) | Chemical uniqueness |
| | B) | Complex hierarchical organization |
| | C) | Reproduction |
| | D) | Possession of a genetic program |
| | E) | All of the above are properties of life |
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The different hierarchical levels of biological complexity display properties of reproduction, morphological variation, and heredity. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The appearance of new characteristics at a given level of organization is called... |
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| | A) | Cellular hierarchy |
| | B) | Emergence |
| | C) | Reproduction |
| | D) | Variation |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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The faithful transmission of traits from parents to offspring is termed variation. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The structures of the protein molecules needed for organismal development and functioning in animals are encoded in... |
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| | A) | Cellular RNA |
| | B) | Mitochondrial DNA |
| | C) | Nuclear DNA |
| | D) | Proteins |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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Which of the following may be part of animal development? |
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| | A) | Fertilization of the egg |
| | B) | Changing from an embryo to a juvenile |
| | C) | Postembryonic development |
| | D) | Metamorphosis |
| | E) | All of the above may be part of animal development |
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The study of organismal interaction with the environment is known as... |
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| | A) | Zoology |
| | B) | Embryology |
| | C) | Physiology |
| | D) | Ecology |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to another. This would imply that the amount of energy in the universe is constant. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The second law of thermodynamics states that physical systems tend to proceed toward a state of greater disorder or randomness called... |
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| | A) | Enthalpy |
| | B) | Entropy |
| | C) | Complexity |
| | D) | Zymurgy |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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Animals can generally be distinguished from plants by which of the following? |
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| | A) | Multicellular eukaryotes with diverse systems for locomotion |
| | B) | Multicellular eukaryotes that lack chloroplasts, cell walls, and typically, vacuoles |
| | C) | Multicellular eukaryotes that eat other organisms for nutrition |
| | D) | All of the above are correct |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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Some unicellular organisms, such as Euglena have both animal-like and plant-like characteristics and for these reasons are not classified in the Kingdom Animalia. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Science is both a body of knowledge and a way of asking questions about the natural world. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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"Creation-Science" is in fact a religious position, not a valid scientific endeavor, because the essential characteristics of science, as summarized by Judge Overton in a historic lawsuit in 1981, are as follows: |
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| | A) | It is guided by natural law and must be explanatory by reference to natural law |
| | B) | It is testable against the observable world |
| | C) | It is falsifiable |
| | D) | Its conclusions are tentative, that is, are not necessarily the final word |
| | E) | All of the above are correct |
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The scientific method frequently involves the hypothetico-deductive method. After observing natural phenomena and formulating questions about these phenomena, the next step would be to do which of the following? |
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| | A) | Collect data |
| | B) | Draw conclusions |
| | C) | Generate hypotheses |
| | D) | Write a paper explaining your observations |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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The word "theory" as it is used by scientists, for example, in the Theory of Evolution, means not only that it is supported by massive amounts of evidence but that it has never been disproved. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Powerful theories that guide extensive research are called... |
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| | A) | Hypotheses |
| | B) | Theories |
| | C) | Paradigms |
| | D) | Methodologies |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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The experimental sciences generally address which of the following? |
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| | A) | The philosophy of science |
| | B) | Evolutionary causes |
| | C) | Proximate or immediate causes |
| | D) | All of the above are correct |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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Controls are repetitions of the experimental procedure that lack the disturbance to the system in order to eliminate unforeseen or unperceived facts that may bias the outcome of the experiment. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Contributions to animal biology may come from areas such as... |
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| | A) | Biochemistry |
| | B) | Genetics |
| | C) | Cell Biology |
| | D) | Embryology |
| | E) | All of the above are correct |