Question
please help me with #'s 2/6/8/9
1) What is biology? A) the scientific study of ecosystems e scientific study of life C) the scientific study of DNA Do the scientific study of the environment 2) What is a gene? A) a type of prokaryotic ce a type of eukaryotic cell C) an organelle tha houses DNA D) a unit of inheritance 3) Taxonomy is the study of cells B) naming and classifying of species study of genes D) study of organisms and their interaction with the environment 4) How does taxonomy assist biologists? A y categorizing diverse items into smaller and smaller numbers of groups by providing easily remembered scientific names for organisms C) by reducing life to its smallest common denominator, the cell D) all of the above 5) hich domain (s) consist (s) of prokaryotic cells? A) Eukarya only By Bacteria and Archaea C) Bacteria only D) Archaea and Eukarya 6) Which kingdom of Eukarya consists primarily of unicellular organisms? A) Protista B) Plantae C) Fung D) Bacteria the inquiry-based effort to describe and explain nature B) an organized set of principles for how to behave ethically and morally C) the search for truth D) all of the above 8) Which of the following is NOT a property of life? A) Living things exhibit complex but ordered organization. B) Organisms take in energy and use it to perform all of life's activities. C) organisms reproduce their own kind D) Populations of organisms rarely change over time. 9) Which of the following structures can perform all the activities required for life? B) nuclei A) organelles D) cells C) DNA molecules
Explanation / Answer
2) D) a unit of inheritance
Gene is a part of DNA which contains nucleotides and is the molecular unit of heredity.
6) A) Protista
All unicellular organisms are placed under the kingdom Protista.
8) D) Population of organisms rarely change over time.
A mutant within a species that is rarely fixed at the population level.
9) D) cells
Cells are the structural and functional unit of life.
