Essential Concepts of Life Quiz
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What system of binomial nomenclature began in the 1740s for classifying living things?

  • Charles Darwin's system
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's system
  • Gregor Mendel's system
  • Carl Linnaeus's system (correct)
  • Which philosopher proposed the theory of materialism, asserting that life was composed of four eternal elements?

  • Empedocles (correct)
  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • What distinguishes matter that has biological processes from matter that does not?

  • Capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction (correct)
  • Formation from a few core chemical elements
  • Presence of souls and embodiment of form and matter
  • Ability to replicate in host cells
  • What evolved into all the species that exist now, by way of many extinct species?

    <p>Universal common ancestor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes the definition of viruses difficult in the context of life?

    <p>They replicate only in host cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

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