Biology: Themes and Concepts

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Which subdiscipline of biology is defined by the tools that researchers use?

  • Scientific method
  • Evolution of populations
  • Molecular biology (correct)
  • Anatomy and physiology

What is the unifying theme that explains the unity and diversity of life?

  • Evolution (correct)
  • Hereditary information
  • Internal environment regulation
  • Energy processing

What is the main component through which hereditary information is encoded?

  • Organs
  • Cells (correct)
  • Tissues
  • Proteins

What allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?

<p>Energy processing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How long ago did life on Earth emerge?

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

Which type of organisms include protists, fungi, plants, and animals?

<p>Eukaryotic organisms (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with dramatically improving the microscope and discovering spermatozoa, bacteria, and infusoria?

<p>Anton van Leeuwenhoek (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which ancient Greek philosopher extensively contributed to the development of biological knowledge and explored biological causation and the diversity of life?

<p>Aristotle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who began the scientific study of plants and is considered the successor of Aristotle?

<p>Theophrastus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which century did biologists point to the central importance of the cell?

<p>19th century (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who published a basic taxonomy for the natural world in 1735 and introduced scientific names for all his species?

<p>Carl Linnaeus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which British naturalist presented a coherent theory of evolution, combining the biogeographical approach of Humboldt and the uniformitarian geology of Ly?

<p>Charles Darwin (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who originated serious evolutionary thinking with a coherent theory of evolution?

<p>Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which medieval Islamic scholar wrote on anatomy and physiology?

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

Who shaped ancient Greek natural philosophy and made extensive contributions to the development of biological knowledge?

<p>Aristotle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote on botany and is associated with the medieval Islamic world?

<p>Al-Dīnawarī (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most widely learned second language in the world?

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

How many sovereign states have English as their official language or one of the official languages?

<p>59 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which language is a co-official language of the United Nations and the European Union?

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

What percentage of total speakers of the Germanic language branch does English account for?

<p>70% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Old English emerge from a group of dialects spoken by the Anglo-Saxons?

<p>United Kingdom (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which language has become the de facto language of diplomacy, science, international trade, tourism, aviation, entertainment, and the internet?

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

What percentage of Modern English vocabulary is borrowed extensively from French dialects?

<p>28% (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which language group does English belong to?

<p>Indo-European (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the closest living relatives of English?

<p>Frisian languages (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which language is NOT mutually intelligible with English?

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

What theory suggests that English can be considered a mixed language or a creole?

<p>Middle English creole hypothesis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which languages influenced the development of English through invasions of the British Isles?

<p>Old Norse and Norman French (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What isolated the development of English in the British Isles from the continental Germanic languages?

<p>Geographical barriers (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which language group are English, Frisian, and Low German sometimes grouped together as?

<p>(North Sea Germanic) languages (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

From which language group did Middle English evolve into Modern English?

<p>(North Sea Germanic) languages (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Old English gradually evolve into?

<p>Frisian languages and Low German/Low Saxon on the continent (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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