Question: Organ systems cooperate with other organ systems in order to maintain life.

Answer Options:
a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

Question: Sagittal plane refers to an imaginary plane that cuts the body into two halves, a top and a bottom.

Answer Options:
a) True
b) False

Answer: b) False

Question: Which of the following statements is false?

Answer Options:
A. Chemical reactions proceed more quickly at higher temperatures.
B. Chemical reactions progress at a faster rate when the reacting particles are present in higher numbers.
C. Catalysts increase the rate of chemical reactions, sometimes while undergoing reversible changes in shape.
D. Larger particles move faster than smaller ones and thus collide more frequently and more forcefully.

Answer: D. Larger particles move faster than smaller ones and thus collide more frequently and more forcefully.

Question: The four elements that make up about 96% of body weight are _______.

Answer Options:
carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, calcium
nitrogen, hydrogen, calcium, sodium
sodium, potassium, hydrogen, oxygen
carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen

Answer: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen

Question: Which of the following choices is the SMALLEST level of structural organization?

Answer Options:
a) Organelles
b) Tissues
c) Organ Systems
d) Atoms and molecules

Answer: d) Atoms and molecules

Question: Maintenance of relatively stable internal conditions despite continuous changes in the environment is known as homeostatic equilibrium.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: Which life function refers to the breakdown of material and absorption of the associated small molecules into the blood?

Answer Options:
Growth
Metabolism
Digestion
Responsiveness

Answer: Digestion

Question: Maintenance of relatively stable internal conditions despite continuous changes in the environment is known as homeostatic equilibrium.

Answer Options:
a) True
b) False

Answer: (The correct answer is not visible; based on the concept of homeostasis, the correct answer would be) a) True

Question: Nondeclarative memories preserve the circumstances in which they are learned.

Answer Options:
a) True
b) False

Answer: b) False

Question: A structure that is composed of two or more tissue types that work together to perform specific functions for the body is also a(n) _______.

Answer Options:
a) organ
b) organ system
c) complex cell
d) complex tissue

Answer: a) organ

Question: Which of the following are survival needs of the body?

Answer Options:
a) nutrients, water, movement, and reproduction
b) water, atmospheric pressure, growth, and movement
c) nutrients, water, growth, and reproduction
d) nutrients, water, atmospheric pressure, and oxygen

Answer: d) nutrients, water, atmospheric pressure, and oxygen

Question: The study of large body structures, visible to the naked eye, such as the heart is called _______ anatomy.

Answer Options:
A. microscopic
B. systemic
C. developmental
D. gross

Answer: D. gross