Chapter 1

Question 1

List 3 characteristics of living things

Answer 1

• The ability to maintain homeostasis
• The ability to reproduce
• The ability to respond to the environment

Question 2

The application of a general principle to predict a specific result is an example of

Answer 2

deductive reasoning

Question 3

Provide an example of horizontal gene evolution

Answer 3

Bacteria acquiring resistant genes from the environment

Question 4

Why are viruses not considered living things

Answer 4

They cannot reproduce without a host cell

Question 5

What information to scientific names provide ?

Answer 5

Genus and Species

Question 6

A researcher predicts that chemical X will make plants grow taller and designs an experiment to test the prediction. In the experiment, the height of the plants is the ?

Answer 6

Dependent variable

Question 7

A bird on a cold night shivers to maintain its body temperature. What property of life does this example represent?

Answer 7

homeostasis

Question 8

True or Fals: All of the cells in your body have the exact same DNA. This means that they also all have the exact same proteome.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Using pollen grains to study climate change is an example of

Answer 9

Using indirect evidence

Question 10

Why are pollen useful for studying climate change?

Answer 10

They are resistant to decay

They are unique to a plant species, such that each species produces its own pollen

Question 11

A researcher has pollen grains in 6 layers from one location, just as you have completed. She finds that as she moves from layer 6 to layer 1, the plants are from warmer habitats. From this, she argues that there is global warming. What is the problem with this conclusion?

Answer 11

Her sample size is too small