Understanding Life
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Understanding Life

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

  • Presence of DNA
  • Ability to undergo photosynthesis
  • Complex cellular structure
  • Capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction (correct)
  • What makes defining viruses as living organisms difficult?

  • They are not composed of cells
  • They lack genetic material
  • They replicate only in host cells (correct)
  • They cannot adapt to changing environments
  • When did life originate?

  • Less than 1 billion years ago
  • At least 3.5 billion years ago (correct)
  • Around 10,000 years ago
  • At the beginning of the 20th century
  • Who proposed the theory that living things have souls and embody both form and matter?

    <p>Aristotle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What initiated modern classification of living things?

    <p>Carl Linnaeus's system of binomial nomenclature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring?

    <p>Inheritance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the complete set of genes within an organism's genome called?

    <p>Genotype</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the complete set of observable traits of the structure and behavior of an organism?

    <p>Phenotype</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the molecule that encodes genetic information known to be passed from one generation to the next?

    <p>DNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which example illustrates a trait that arises from the interaction of an organism's genotype with the environment?

    <p>Suntanned skin</p> Signup and view all the answers

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