15 Questions
What is a unifying theme in biology that explains the unity and diversity of life?
Evolution
At what level of organization do biologists study the molecular biology of a cell?
Cellular level
What type of organisms are archaea and bacteria classified as?
Prokaryotic organisms
What do biologists use to make observations, pose questions, and form conclusions about the world around them?
Scientific method
Which scientific field has a broad scope and is concerned with the study of life?
Biology
What is a common feature of all organisms that allows for the processing of hereditary information encoded in genes?
Cells
Who is credited with promoting the idea that the basic unit of organisms is the cell?
Robert Remak
Which ancient Greek philosopher contributed extensively to the development of biological knowledge?
Aristotle
Who began the scientific study of plants in ancient Greece?
Theophrastus
Who dramatically improved the microscope and discovered spermatozoa, bacteria, and infusoria?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Who proposed a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world in 1735?
Carl Linnaeus
Who treated species as artificial categories and living forms as malleable?
Georges-Louis Leclerc
Who wrote on anatomy and physiology in the medieval Islamic world?
Rhazes
Who helped to develop techniques of microscopic dissection and staining?
Jan Swammerdam
Explore the scientific study of life through this quiz, covering topics such as cells, hereditary information, evolution, and energy processing. Test your understanding of the unifying themes that tie biology together as a single, coherent field.
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