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What is the unifying theme that explains the unity and diversity of life?
What is the unifying theme that explains the unity and diversity of life?
- Evolution (correct)
- Energy processing
- Internal environment regulation
- Cellular organization
Which level of organization in biology involves studying the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals?
Which level of organization in biology involves studying the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals?
- Cellular biology
- Organismal biology (correct)
- Molecular biology
- Ecology
What is the main role of biologists in using the scientific method?
What is the main role of biologists in using the scientific method?
- Generating hypotheses (correct)
- Performing experiments
- Forming conclusions
- Making observations
Which type of organisms emerged more than 3.7 billion years ago?
Which type of organisms emerged more than 3.7 billion years ago?
What is the fundamental unit of life that processes hereditary information encoded in genes?
What is the fundamental unit of life that processes hereditary information encoded in genes?
Which aspect of life allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
Which aspect of life allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
Who is credited with beginning the scientific study of plants?
Who is credited with beginning the scientific study of plants?
Which Islamic scholar wrote on botany in the medieval Islamic world?
Which Islamic scholar wrote on botany in the medieval Islamic world?
Who dramatically improved the microscope, leading to the discovery of spermatozoa, bacteria, and infusoria?
Who dramatically improved the microscope, leading to the discovery of spermatozoa, bacteria, and infusoria?
Who proposed a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin?
Who proposed a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin?
Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world and introduced scientific names for species in the 18th century?
Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world and introduced scientific names for species in the 18th century?
Which pair of scientists began promoting the idea that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
Which pair of scientists began promoting the idea that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
Who treated species as artificial categories and suggested the possibility of common descent in the 18th century?
Who treated species as artificial categories and suggested the possibility of common descent in the 18th century?
Which naturalist combined the biogeographical approach of Humboldt with uniformitarian geology?
Which naturalist combined the biogeographical approach of Humboldt with uniformitarian geology?
Who wrote on anatomy and physiology in the medieval Islamic world?
Who wrote on anatomy and physiology in the medieval Islamic world?
