Biology Fundamentals Quiz

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What unifying themes tie together the field of biology?

  • Energy processing, ecological balance, cellular respiration, and genetic variation
  • Cells, hereditary information, evolution, and energy processing (correct)
  • Genetic engineering, cellular organization, ecological balance, and energy conservation
  • Evolution, genetic variation, ecological succession, and energy flow

What is a key aspect of life that allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?

  • Cellular respiration
  • Ecological balance
  • Genetic engineering
  • Energy processing (correct)

What is the primary method that biologists use to make observations and form conclusions?

  • The scientific method (correct)
  • Religious scriptures
  • Trial and error
  • Intuitive guesswork

What is the scope of biology's study of life?

<p>From molecular biology of a cell to the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, and evolution of populations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did life on Earth emerge?

<p>More than 3.7 billion years ago (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the foundation of all quantum physics, including quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science?

<p>Quantum mechanics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does quantum mechanics differ from classical physics?

<p>Energy, momentum, and other quantities of a bound system are restricted to discrete values (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characteristic do measurements of systems in quantum mechanics exhibit?

<p>Both particles and waves (wave–particle duality) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the scale at which classical physics is not sufficient for describing nature?

<p>Small (atomic and subatomic) scales (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics related to?

<p>Limits to how accurately the value of a physical quantity can be predicted prior to its measurement (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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