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What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?

  • Size of the organism
  • Capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction (correct)
  • Ability to exist in air, water, and soil
  • Complexity of chemical elements

What makes the definition of viruses particularly difficult?

  • They are composed of complex chemical elements
  • They can survive in harsh environments
  • They are not composed of biochemical molecules
  • They replicate only in host cells (correct)

When did life originate?

  • At least 5 billion years ago
  • At least 3.5 billion years ago (correct)
  • At least 1 billion years ago
  • At least 500 million years ago

According to Aristotle's hylomorphism, what do living things embody?

<p>Souls and both form and matter (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What initiated modern classification of living things?

<p>Carl Linnaeus's system of binomial nomenclature in the 1740s (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is total internal reflection (TIR) in physics?

<p>The phenomenon in which waves arriving at the interface from one medium to another are not refracted into the second medium, but completely reflected back into the first medium (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what types of waves does total internal reflection (TIR) occur?

<p>Electromagnetic waves such as light and microwaves, and other types of waves including sound and water waves (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when waves are refracted from a medium of lower propagation speed to a medium of higher propagation speed?

<p>The angle of refraction is greater than the angle of incidence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a medium whose properties are independent of direction, what are the 'rays' described as?

<p>Perpendicular to the associated wavefronts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is generally accompanied by partial reflection?

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

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