EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE QUIZ

MUTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is Not one of the characteristics of living organisms?
a) to be organized
b) to respond

c) to grow
d) to metabolize
e) All of the above are characteristics of living organisms.

2. Which of the following sequences of organization is likely to be seen in a multicellular

organisms, going from smallest to largest?

a) cell, organ, tissue, organism
b) cell, organ, system, tissue
c) cell, tissue, system, organism
d) organism, system, organ, tissue
e) tissue, system, cell, organ

3. Which of the following characteristics is Not required for the life of an individual organism to continue?

a) to be organized b) to respond c) to metabolize d) to reproduce

4. Which of the following organisms is Not ultimately dependent on the sun as a source of energy?

a) A night blooming flower is pollinated by a night flying bat.

b) An underground earthworm avoids the sun.
c) A cave fish feed on debris that washes down to it.
d) All of the above are ultimately dependent on the sun.

5. What is the process by which the sun's energy is trapped as the source of energy used by virtually all living organisms?

a) evolution b) metabolism c) adaptation d) homeostasis e) photosynthesis

6. Which statement is False about nearly all living things?

a) Living things are made up of cells.

b) Living things must obey the laws of chemistry and physics.
c) Living things show biological organization and other common characteristics of life.
d) Emergent properties can be used to distinguish living things from nonliving things.
e) Living things are composed only of organic elements, whereas nonliving things are made
up of inorganic elements.

7. What is the name of all the chemical energy transformations that occur within a cell?

a) evolution b) metabolism c) adaptation d) homeostasis e) photosynthesis

8. What do we call the maintenance of internal conditions of an organism withina certain boundary range?

a) evolution b) metabolism c) adaptation d) homeostasis e) photosynthesis

9. Which of these is a peculiarity of form, function, or behavior that promotes the likelihood of a species' continue existence?

a) evolution b) metabolism c) adaptation d) homeostasis e) photosynthesis

10. Which of these is the process by which changes occur in the characteristics of species of organisms over time?
a) evolution b) metabolism c) adaptation d) homeostasis e) photosynthesis