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

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