AP Biology (Mader), 11th Edition

Chapter 1: A View of Life

Pre-Test

1
Organisms/living things are best defined by all of the following EXCEPT:
A)their ability to respond to stimuli.
B)their ability to reproduce.
C)they have adaptations.
D)they are unorganized.
2
Homeostasis is _____.
A)balancing internal and external conditions
B)wild fluctuations in internal conditions
C)the use of the Sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide into organic molecules
D)the maintenance of normal internal conditions in a cell or an organism by means of self-regulating mechanisms
3
The instructions for the organization and metabolism of living things are encoded in the _____.
A)genes
B)plasma membrane
C)cell wall
D)ribosomes
4
The list that correctly indicates a sequence of increasing biological organization is:
A)molecule, cell, organelle, atom.
B)organelle, tissue, cell, molecule.
C)organ, tissue, atom, molecule.
D)atom, molecule, organelle, cell.
5
The first step in the scientific method is _____.
A)make conclusions
B)make observations and consider previous data
C)formulate a hypothesis
D)test a related hypothesis
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