Gilley B Practice Exam 1

How would you classify a property of life that describes increasing levels of complexity that form when smaller parts combine together in specific ways?   

• Chemical property

• Natural Selective property

• Physical property

• Emergent property

Life itself is an emergent property that shows greater _______________ than predicted by the simple addition of its individual parts.  In other words, when individual parts are combined together, _____________ and more complex properties can exist. 

• hierarchy, ancestral

• complexity, novel

• heirarchy, novel

• complexity, ancestral

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Identify the properties shared by life on earth (select all correct answers):

• A common need to hunt for prey

• A common set of chemical components

• A common need for mobility (to move around)

• A common set of cellular structures

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Identify the properties shared by life on earth (select all correct answers):

• A common fundamental set of genes

• A common habitat and environmental niche

• A common hierarchy of complexity

• A common ancestry

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What is the correct order of organization from least to greatest?

• Molecule < atom < cell < organelle < tissue < organ system < organ < organism < community < population < ecosystem < biosphere

• Atom < molecule < cell < organelle < tissue < organ < organ system < organism < population < community < ecosystem < biosphere

• Biosphere > ecosystem > community > population > organism > organ system > organ > tissue > cell > organelle > molecule > atom

• Atom < molecule < organelle < cell < tissue < organ < organ system < organism < population < community < ecosystem < biosphere

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What is the correct order of organization from greatest to least?

• Molecule < atom < cell < organelle < tissue < organ system < organ < organism < community < population < ecosystem < biosphere

• Atom < molecule < cell < organelle < tissue < organ < organ system < organism < population < community < ecosystem < biosphere

• Biosphere > ecosystem > community > population > organism > organ system > organ > tissue > cell > organelle > molecule > atom

• Atom < molecule < organelle < cell < tissue < organ < organ system < organism < population < community < ecosystem < biosphere

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Using the properties shared by all living things, identify the best reason that we don't consider viruses to be alive. (select all correct responses)

• Viruses do not contain genetic material

• Viruses do not have a metabolism

• Viruses are smaller than cells

• Viruses cannot make their own energy

Simple structures work together to make more complex structures, and together their emergent properties help to define life on earth.  What structure is considered the most basic unit of life that exhibits all the properties of life?

• DNA

• An atom

• RNA

• A cell

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The central dogma of biology tells us that all cells use DNA to make proteins the same way in life on our planet.   How is the information in DNA to make proteins used?   The sequence of _______ codes for the sequence of ________ which codes for  __________.

• amino acids, proteins, functions

• DNA, RNA, DNA

• RNA, DNA, proteins

• DNA, RNA, proteins

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How many genes are shared between Oryza sativa, Arabidopsis thaliana and Populus trichocarpa?

• 75

• 600

• 1600

• 21,000

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