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What are the characteristics of life?

  • Nutrition, reproduction, excretion
  • Growth, movement, respiration
  • Sensitivity, all of the above (correct)
  • None of the above

When did life evolve from a common ancestor?

  • 2.5 billion years ago
  • 3.5 billion years ago (correct)
  • 4.5 billion years ago
  • 5.5 billion years ago

What is a key process in the evolution of multicellular organisms?

  • Binary fission
  • Fragmentation
  • Cell specialization and differentiation (correct)
  • Parthenogenesis

Which of the following is a characteristic of eukaryotic cells?

<p>Membrane-enclosed organelles (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the immune system?

<p>Defend against pathogens (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

<p>Darwin (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Thomas Malthus, what leads to competition in populations?

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

What is gene flow?

<p>Movement of genes from one population to another (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the bottleneck effect refer to?

<p>Decrease in population due to environmental factors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is known as the Father of Taxonomy?

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

What is the function of the digestive system?

<p>Process foods and absorb nutrients (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do systems collaborate in the body?

<p>By influencing each other's functions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the circulatory system?

<p>Transport oxygen, nutrients, and remove wastes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What connects the respiratory and circulatory systems?

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

What does the endocrine system use for communication?

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

What is a mechanism of evolutionary change?

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

What does genetic drift refer to?

<p>Change in the gene pool due to chance (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are examples of abiotic factors in ecology?

<p>Temperature, water, pH (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is carrying capacity in ecology?

<p>Maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do organisms continuously interact with their environment?

<p>As part of an ecosystem (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed the theory of use and disuse?

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

What is the process that builds up or breaks down materials in metabolism?

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

What does the bottleneck effect result from?

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

What is the primary function of chloroplasts in plants?

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

Who proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired traits?

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

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