Chapter one review questions Flashcards
The first forms of life on Earth were ________.
microorganisms
A suggested and testable explanation for an event is called a ________.
hypothesis
Which of the following sciences is not considered a natural science?
Computer science
The type of logical thinking that uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion is called ________.
inductive reasoning
The process of ________ helps to ensure that a scientist’s research is original, significant, logical, and thorough.
peer review
A person notices that her houseplants that are regularly exposed to music seem to grow more quickly than those in rooms with no music. As a result, she determines that plants grow better when exposed to music. This example most closely resembles which type of reasoning?
inductive reasoning
The smallest unit of biological structure that meets the functional requirements of “living” is the ________.
the cell
Viruses are not considered living because they ________.
they are not made of cells
The presence of a membrane-enclosed nucleus is a characteristic of ________.
eukaryotic cells
A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area is called a(n) ________.
population
Which of the following sequences represents the hierarchy of biological organization from the most inclusive to the least complex level?
organelle, tissue, biosphere, ecosystem, population
organ, organism, tissue, organelle, molecule
organism, community, biosphere, molecule, tissue, organ
biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism
biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism
Where in a phylogenetic tree would you expect to find the organism that had evolved most recently?
at the branch tips
