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Introduction to Biology Quiz
Multiple Choice: Please circle the best answer.
1. Biology is the study of _____.
A. earth
B. life
C. rocks
D. space
2. Botany is the study of _____.
A. animals
B. heredity
C. plants
D. organism structure
3. Zoology is the study of _____.
A. animals
B. heredity
C. plants
D. microscopic life
4. The study of relationships between organisms and their environment is _____.
A. genetics
B. microbiology
C. ecology
D. physiology
5. The study of the classification of life is _____.
A. taxonomy
B. zoology
C. ecology
D. physiology
6. If you are looking at a cell using a microscope and are using the scanning objective, the
cell is being magnified a total of _____ times.
A. 4
B. 10
C. 40
D. 100
7. When you first place a slide on the microscope, what objective should you begin with?
A. Scanning (4X)
B. Low power (10X)
C. High power (40X)
D. Oil immersion (100X)
8. When you first place a slide on the microscope, how do you first adjust the focus?
A. with the diaphragm
B. with the ocular
C. with the coarse adjustment
D. with the fine adjustment
9. To change the amount of light going through a slide on a microscope, you adjust the
_____.
A. diaphragm
B. ocular
C. coarse adjustment
D. fine adjustment
Matching: Use the diagram to the right.
10. Objectives _____
11. Ocular _____
12. Diaphragm _____
13. Stage _____
14. Adjusts focus _____
15. Light source _____
Multiple Choice: The following questions describe a characteristic of life. Please circle the best
characteristic for the description.
16.When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at
98.6°F.
A. All living things use energy.
B. All living things contain cells.
C. All living things maintain homeostasis.
D. All living things grow.
17.Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.
A. All living things use energy.
B. All living things contain cells.
C. All living things maintain homeostasis.
D. All living things grow.
18.A camel has extra-long eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.
A. All living things adapt to their environment.
B. All living things grow.
C. All living things have cells.
D. All living things use energy.
19.A caterpillar emerges from a chrysalis as a butterfly.
A. All living things adapt to their environment.
B. All living things grow.
C. All living things respond to their environment.
D. All living things develop.
20.An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?
A. All living things use energy.
B. All living things contain cells.
C. All living things respond to their environment.
D. All living things grow.
21.A tulip flower opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.
A. All living things have cells.
B. All living things use energy.
C. All living things respond to their environment.
D. All living things grow.
22.A cat is an organism that has a respiratory system that contains lungs and a trachea.
A. All living things contain cells
B. All living things maintain homeostasis
C. All living things have different levels of organization
D. All living things grow
23.A sea worm drops its tail and the tail develops into a whole new worm.
A. All living things contain cells
B. All living things grow
C. All living things have different levels of organization
D. All living things reproduce
24.A plant growing towards the light is an example of
A. reproduction.
B. responding to a stimulus.
C. metabolism.
D. homeostasis.
25.Smallest living unit of a living organism
A. cells
B. atoms
C. molecules
D. organs