12 Questions
What is the primary focus of biology?
Exploring the diversity of life
Which unifying theme of biology explains the unity and diversity of life?
Evolution
What enables organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
Energy processing
What do all organisms have in common in terms of hereditary information?
Encoded in genes
At what levels of organization can biologists study life?
From molecular biology to population evolution
When did life on Earth emerge?
More than 3.7 billion years ago
Who is credited with promoting the now universal ideas that the basic unit of organisms is the cell?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Which ancient Greek philosopher contributed extensively to the development of biological knowledge, exploring biological causation and the diversity of life?
Aristotle
Who is considered to have presented a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Which biologist pointed to the central importance of the cell in the early 19th century?
Schleiden
Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world in 1735?
Carl Linnaeus
Which scholar contributed to the development of biological knowledge by beginning the scientific study of plants?
Theophrastus
Explore the fundamental concepts of biology, including the unity and diversity of life, evolution, and energy processing. Test your knowledge on the scientific study of life and its unifying themes.
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