BIOL 5 - Introduction to Biology for Health Sciences BSP 1-1

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What is the term used to describe the ability to react or respond to any environmental change?

Evolution

Metabolism

Irritability (correct)

Assimilation

Who proposed the concept of Homeostasis?

Francis Crick

James Watson

Gregor Mendel

Claude Bernard (correct)

Which scientist is referred to as the 'Father of Genetics'?

Charles Darwin

Maurice Wilkins

Gregor Mendel (correct)

Rosalind Franklin

What does the term 'Assimilation' refer to in living organisms?

Process of converting non-living molecules into living cells (B) Signup and view all the answers

What characteristic of living things refers to the possibility of producing offspring similar to themselves?

Reproduction and Development (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist was involved in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA?

James Watson (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with coining the term 'Biology'?

Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who discovered blood circulation and proved it is produced in the bones?

William Harvey (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who discovered cells under the microscope and coined the term 'animalcules' for single-celled organisms?

Anton van Leeuwenhoek (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of biology is primarily concerned with the study of cells?

Cytology (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with the discovery of Schwann cells, responsible for the improvement of the speed of transmission in axons?

Theodore Schwann (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of study in Evolution?

Organisms' characteristics (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed that all living things are composed of cells?

Theodore Schwann (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of biology would likely be involved in the study of bacteria?

Microbiology (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who contradicted the Spontaneous Generation theory proposed by Aristotle?

Matthias Schleiden (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main principle of biogenesis?

All living things only reproduce with living organisms (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of biology is primarily concerned with the study of fungi?

Mycology (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of these branches of biology would be involved in the study of human body function?

Physiology (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the level of study focused on by Rudolf Virchow, the Father of Modern Pathology?

Cellular level (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step in the scientific method according to the lesson?

Observation (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of creating charts and graphs in the scientific method?

To analyze and interpret data (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the outcome of the formulation of conclusion in the scientific method?

Writing of findings (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the final step in the scientific method?

Communication of Results (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the basis of the identification of a problem in the scientific method?

Observation perceived by the senses (C) Signup and view all the answers