CHAPTER 2 / DIAGNOSTIC SAT 27
Passage 1: Audesirk/Audesirk/Byers, Biology: Life on Earth,
2nd ed. Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc.3 3 333 3
- Both passages focus primarily on
(A) how groups of cells form tissues
(B) the origin of life on Earth
(C) biochemical processes
(D) the importance of the sun to life
on Earth
(E) unusual life forms - The questions listed in lines 4–11 of Passage 1
are presented as those that
(A) biologists have yet to explore in great
depth
(B) inspire controversy within the scientific
community
(C) necessarily concern those who are
interested in a deep understanding of
biology
(D) are difficult to investigate with current
methods and technology
(E) researchers have considered to be less
important than ecological questions - Which of the five questions posed in Passage 1 is
most relevant to the discussion in Passage 2?
(A) How does photosynthesis convert the
energy of sunlight into the energy of
sugar molecules?
(B) What is the structure of the cell
membrane, and how does it function
in controlling the movement of
materials into and out of the cell?
(C) How do muscles contract?
(D) How do the nerve cells in your brain
communicate with one another?
(E) What causes cancer? - Which of the following concepts is mentioned in
Passage 2 but NOT in Passage 1?
(A) the structure of cells
(B) the conversion of light energy to
food energy
(C) disease
(D) relationships among separate
organisms
(E) bonds within molecules