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What is the primary focus of biology as a scientific study?
What is the primary focus of biology as a scientific study?
- Studying the molecular biology of cells
- Analyzing the evolution of populations
- Understanding the diversity of life on Earth (correct)
- Exploring the anatomy and physiology of animals
Which concept explains the unity and diversity of life?
Which concept explains the unity and diversity of life?
- Heredity
- Evolution (correct)
- Energy processing
- Cellular organization
What is the fundamental unit of life that processes hereditary information?
What is the fundamental unit of life that processes hereditary information?
- Proteins
- Genes
- Cells (correct)
- Organs
What enables organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
What enables organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
At what levels of organization do biologists study life?
At what levels of organization do biologists study life?
What is the age of life on Earth, according to the text?
What is the age of life on Earth, according to the text?
Who made significant contributions to the development of biological knowledge and explored biological causation and the diversity of life?
Who made significant contributions to the development of biological knowledge and explored biological causation and the diversity of life?
Who began the scientific study of plants?
Who began the scientific study of plants?
Who dramatically improved the microscope and discovered spermatozoa, bacteria, infusoria, and the diversity of microscopic life?
Who dramatically improved the microscope and discovered spermatozoa, bacteria, infusoria, and the diversity of microscopic life?
Who promoted the idea that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
Who promoted the idea that the basic unit of organisms is the cell and that individual cells have all the characteristics of life?
Who proposed a basic taxonomy for the natural world and introduced scientific names for all his species?
Who proposed a basic taxonomy for the natural world and introduced scientific names for all his species?
Who treated species as artificial categories and living forms as malleable, even suggesting the possibility of common descent?
Who treated species as artificial categories and living forms as malleable, even suggesting the possibility of common descent?
Who presented a coherent theory of evolution?
Who presented a coherent theory of evolution?
