10 Questions
Which unifying theme in biology explains the unity and diversity of life?
Evolution
Which level of organization do biologists study when focusing on the molecular biology of a cell?
Cellular level
What is the primary function of cells in organisms?
Hereditary information processing
Who dramatically improved the microscope, leading to the discovery of spermatozoa, bacteria, and the diversity of microscopic life?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
What is the main activity that biologists engage in to form conclusions about the world around them?
Experiment performance
What is the age of life on Earth according to the text?
3.7 billion years
Who wrote extensively on botany in the medieval Islamic world?
Al-Dīnawarī
Who is known for treating species as artificial categories and living forms as malleable, and suggesting the possibility of common descent?
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Who presented a coherent theory of evolution before Charles Darwin?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Who began promoting the ideas that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
Schleiden and Schwann
Test your knowledge of the major themes and concepts in the field of biology, including cells, genes, evolution, and energy processing.
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