Chapter 4 The Organization of Life

Question 1

change in the genetic characteristics in a population from one generation to the next

Answer 1

evolution

Question 2

process that causes the characteristics of a population to change in a way controlled by humans

Answer 2

artificial selection

Question 3

trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival

Answer 3

adaptation

Question 4

trait that may be unintentionally selected by humans

Answer 4

resistance

Question 5

process that causes the characteristics of a population to change without human control

Answer 5

natural selection

Question 6

Many angiosperms depend on animals for

pollinating their flowers, distributing their seeds, or providing food

Answer 6

pollinating their flowers and

distributing their seeds

Question 7

Which invertebrates are generally small, allowing them to live on little food and to hide from enemies

Answer 7

insects

Question 8

Which of the following are vertebrates?

clams, frogs, worms, insects

Answer 8

frogs

Question 9

Which of the following are nonvascular plants?

flowering plants, algae, mosses, trees

Answer 9

mosses

Question 10

Archaea and bacteria are

two domains, in the same kingdom, in the protist kingdom, or in the fungi kingdom

Answer 10

two domains

Question 11

Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

plants, bacteria, fungi and water

Answer 11

water

Question 12

Natural selection is the unequal survival that results from the presence or absence of

Answer 12

particular traits

Question 13

Which of the following best describes a population?

members of the same species living in the same place at the same time, all the red birds in an area, all types of organisms living in the same place, or all the members of the same species

Answer 13

members of the same species living in the same place at the same time

Question 14

The place that contains everything an organism needs is its

Answer 14

habitat

Question 15

a desert ecosystem contains

air, living things, sand, all of the above

Answer 15

all of the above

Question 16

Bacteria that are no longer killed by an antibiotic have

evolved, developed unwanted adaptations, developed resistance to the antibiotic, all of the above

Answer 16

all of the above

Question 17

Which of the following kingdoms includes algae?

plants, fungi, protists, bacteria

Answer 17

protists

Question 18

Unicellular organisms with cell walls but no nuclei are

fungi, bacteria, protists, all of the above

Answer 18

bacteria

Question 19

Which two kingdoms contain organisms that can use energy from the sun to make food?

protists and plants, fungi and plants, fungi and protists, plants and animals

Answer 19

protists and plants

Question 20

Which of the following include organisms that break down dead organisms?

bacteria and protists, protists and fungi, fungi and plants, bacteria and fungi

Answer 20

bacteria and fungi