Chapter 1-3 Quiz

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Question 1

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Membrane phospholipids
Answer
  • have hydrophobic heads that face the centre of the membrane and are shielded from water.
  • have hydrophilic tails that face outward and are exposed to water.
  • are able to drift about in the plasma membrane
  • remain fluid because they are tightly packed against one another.

Question 2

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A hypothesis is
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  • the same as a theory
  • a proposed explanation for a set of observations
  • an explanatory idea that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence
  • a widely accepted idea about a phenomenon

Question 3

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Which level in the hierarchy shown is a community?
Answer
  • all environments on earth supporting life
  • savannah
  • all organisms in the savannah
  • group of cheetahs

Question 4

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Which of the following organisms belongs to the group represented in Box 1?
Answer
  • giraffe
  • tree
  • decomposing bacteria
  • leopard

Question 5

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Which of the following statements regarding a common cellular activity is false?
Answer
  • cells respond to the environment
  • cells develop and maintain complex organization
  • cells regulate their internal environment
  • new cells are derived from cellular components like organelles

Question 6

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You notice that over the past month, many students on campus have started wearing a new style of school sweatshirt. You think to yourself that perhaps the bookstore has recently started selling this new sweatshirt style. This prediction is an example of
Answer
  • an experimental question.
  • a type of observation.
  • a hypothesis.
  • an experiment.

Question 7

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Which of the following is a trace element in the human body?
Answer
  • nitrogen
  • zinc
  • oxygen
  • hydrogen

Question 8

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What is the atomic mass of an atom that has 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons?
Answer
  • 6
  • 8
  • 12
  • 18

Question 9

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A hydrogen atom has one electron. How many covalent bonds can hydrogen form?
Answer
  • one covalent bond
  • two covalent bonds
  • four covalent bonds
  • no covalent bonds

Question 10

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Household ammonia has a pH of 12; household bleach has a pH of 13. Which of the following statements about them is true?
Answer
  • Both of these substances are strong acids.
  • The ammonia has 10 times as many OH- ions as the bleach.
  • The ammonia has 10 times as many H+ ions as the bleach.
  • A solution that could buffer the bleach and ammonia would remove excess OH- ions.

Question 11

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________ are weak bonds that are not strong enough to hold atoms together to form molecules but are strong enough to form bonds within and around large molecules.
Answer
  • ionic
  • covalent
  • polar covalent
  • hydrogen bonds
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