Which of the Following Statements Concerning the Characteristics of Life

question 67

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning the characteristics of life is FALSE?

• A) reproduction is defined as an increase in the size of an organism.
• B) viruses have some, but not all, of the characteristics of living things.
• C) organisms may not exhibit all of the characteristics of life at all times.
• D) reproduction can occur asexually or sexually in living things.
• E) living things store metabolic energy in the form of chemicals such as ATP.

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Definitions:

Correlation Matrix

A table showing the correlation coefficients between variables. Each cell in the table shows the correlation between two variables.

Diagonal Row

A series of elements positioned diagonally in a matrix or table, connecting one corner with the opposite corner.

Pearson's Product-moment Correlation Coefficient

A measure of the linear correlation between two variables X and Y, providing a value between +1 and -1 inclusive.

Frequency Distribution

A method for illustrating how often scores occur in groups called class intervals.