1st STT - Gen Bio Module 1 Pre/Post Test

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?

a. growth and development
c. ability to move
b. response to environment
d. ability to reproduce

Answer 1

ability to move

Question 2

Which of the following are characteristics of living things?

a. homeostasis, food, living space
b. food, water, stable internal conditions
c. grow and develop, water, stable internal conditions, DNA
d. reproduce, respond to stimuli, DNA, cells, metabolism, grow and develop

Answer 2

grow and develop, water, stable internal conditions, DNA

Question 3

Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why
humans sweat when they get hot?

a. use of energy
c. growth and development
b. ability to reproduce
d. maintain a stable internal
environment

Answer 3

maintain a stable internal
environment

Question 4

When the level of sugar in the blood is too high, the excess sugar is stored in
the muscle to be used later as needed. Which characteristic of life is
described?

a. use of energy
c. respond to environment
b. ability to evolve
d. maintains an internal balance

Answer 4

maintains an internal balance

Question 5

The following are useful effects of bacteria EXCEPT ___.

a. bacteria can manufacture food.
b. bacteria are sources of antibiotics.
c. bacteria can decompose dead bodies.
d. bacteria cause tumors in plants and animal.

Answer 5

bacteria can manufacture food.

Question 6

It is any part of an organism’s environment that causes reaction

Answer 6

stimulus

Question 7

Tissues that support, protect and bind certain parts of the body such as
muscles

Answer 7

connective tissue

Question 8

Which of these is not an example of the body maintaining homeostasis?

a. lungs absorbing oxygen
b. red blood cells delivering oxygen
c. insulin production in the pancreas
d. emergence of an evolutionary adaptation

Answer 8

emergence of an evolutionary adaptation

Question 9

Which of the following constitutes the basic structural organization of life?

a. weather condition in a habitat
b. species living in an environment
c. cells that make up tissues and structures
d. cell organelles that combine to form nuclei

Answer 9

cells that make up tissues and structures

Question 10

Are microorganisms helpful or harmful?

Answer 10

both