AP Bio: Chapter 1 and Statistics

Which of the following is not a property of life?a. Energy processingb. Regulationc. Orderd. Evolutionary adaptatione. All of these are properties of life

All of these are properties of life

As the complexity of a system increases, properties will emerge than were nonexistent at preceding levels of complexity. These properties are known as

Emergent properties

On Planet Earth, there is an enormous range of life that can be divided into different levels of biological organization. Which level of organization would fall between the Biosphere and populations?

Communities

A maple leaf is at which level in the hierarchy of biological organization?

Organ

Which of the following is reflective of the phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"?

Emergent properties

Which of the following is not one of the three domains of lifeProkaryab. Bacteriac. Archaead. Eukarya

Prokarya

Protists and bacteria are grouped into different domains because

Protists have a membrane bound nucleus, which bacterial cells lack

Which of the following are characteristics shared by members of both domain Eukarya and domain Archaea?a. Cytosolb. Nucleusc. DNAd. A and C only

Cytosal and DNA

The lowest level of biological organization that can perform all the activities required for life is the

b. Cell - for example, a skin cell

The mitochondria*

e. Is the powerhouse of the cell

Which of these provides evidence of the common ancestry of all life?

The universiality of the genetic code

A controlled experiment is one in which*

There are at least two groups, one of which does not receive the experimental data

Which of the following is an example of qualitative data?a. The temperature decreased from 20 degrees to 15 degrees.b. The plant's height is 25 cmc. The fish swam in a zigzag motiond. D.The six pairs of robins hatched an average of three chickse. The contents of the stomach are mixed every 20 seconds

The fish swam in a zigzag motion

62, 62, 65, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 96, 101 What is the median?

74

62, 62, 65, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 96, 101 What is the mode?

62

62, 62, 65, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 96, 101 What is the mean?

75.85

62, 62, 65, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 96, 101 What is the range?

39

If the standard deviation of a set of observations is zero, you can conclude

That all observations are the same value

You have found the following ages (in years): 13, 2, 1, 5, 2, 7 These lions were randomly selected from a population of 22 lions at the local zoo. Based on your sample, what is the average age of the lions?

5