SM, Characteristics of Life Quiz

Jane and David have decided to do an experiment testing how sunlight affects plant growth.  The students choose the same type of plants, soil, pots and amount of water they give the plants. They also make sure each plant is put in their designated area for the same amount of time each day. One plant is placed outside; one in front of a window that only gets light for 1/2 the day, and one in a closet. The students collect data every day for two weeks. Their results show that the plant outside grew the most and the plant in the closet had the least amount of growth. What is the Independent Variable?

• Amount of Water

• Plant Growth

• Amount of sunlight

• Soil

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Jane and David have decided to do an experiment testing how sunlight affects plant growth.  The students choose the same type of plants, soil, pots and amount of water they give the plants. They also make sure each plant is put in their designated area for the same amount of time each day. One plant is placed outside; one in front of a window that only gets light for 1/2 the day, and one in a closet. The students collect data every day for two weeks. Their results show that the plant outside grew the most and the plant in the closet had the least amount of growth. What is the dependent variable?

• Amount of water

• Plant growth

• Sunlight

• Soil

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Jessie is concerned about how tired his classmates seem. He created a drink that he thinks will boost their energy. He recruits 100 classmates with a history of tiredness. He has 50 of them drink his new special energy drink. The other 50 drink a beverage that looks like the special energy drink, but is just water and food coloring. Both groups were told that they were getting the special drink that would boost energy. After 2 hours, 30 classmates in the first group reported having more energy and 8 classmates in the second group reported having more energy.

What is the control group?

• Group drinking the energy drink

• Group drinking what looks like an energy drink

Which clade of organisms includes both mushrooms and puffballs?

• Archaebacteria

• Plantae

• Protista

• Fungi

Dr. Chung is a biologist who works on diseases of the liver.  She is studying infectious agents that invade liver cells.  She has narrowed down the cause of the disease she is studying to a type of virus or a protist.

Which of the following characteristics would be the BEST choice for Dr. Chung to use in determining whether the infectious agent she is studying is a virus or a protist?

• It has proteins in its outermost layer.

• It has DNA as its genetic material.

• It is capable of changing over time.

• It infects two different cells.

• Dichotomous key

• Phylogenetic tree

• Pedigree

• Classification chart

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Based on the diagram, which pair of organisms are MOST CLOSELY related, and why?

• Humans and squirrels, because they have three bones in their middle ears.

• Sea sponges and flatworms, because they have a bilateral body plan.

• Lizards and flatworms, because they have a bilateral body plan.

• Sea sponges and trout, because they are multicellular.

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Scientists have divided the tree of life into three domains: Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya.

Which of the following is a typical characteristic to distinguish Eukarya from both Bacteria and Archaea and why?

• cell organelles because they are present in Eukarya

• nuclear envelope because they are only found in Bacteria and Archaea

• circular chromosomes because they are only found in Bacteria and Archaea

• exons in the DNA because they are uncommon in Eukarya

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What is different between Archaebacteria and Eubacteria?

• One has a nucleus and one does not

• One is unicellular and one is multicellular

• One lives in extreme environments and one lives in all environments

• One is heterotroph and one is autotroph

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Which clade of organisms is characterized as containing many extremophilic microbes?

• archaea

• Eukaryotes

• Animalia

• Fungi