Cumulative Review for Bio 1 (Study of Life)

Question 1

Is life organized?

Answer 1

Yes-unicellular and multicellular

Question 2

What does life require?

Answer 2

Energy

Question 3

Producers (autotrophs)

Answer 3

Make their own food using energy from nonliving (inorganic) environment like the sun

Question 4

Consumers (heterotrophs)

Answer 4

Eat organic material (food) from living or dead organisms as their energy source

Question 5

Decomposers

Answer 5

Consumers that return many of nutrients in their food to nonliving environment

Question 6

Examples of activities that transfer energy

Answer 6

Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, Fermentation, ATP Synthesis, and ATP breakdown

Question 7

Homeostasis

Answer 7

Life maintains internal consistency

Question 8

Signs of life

Answer 8

Reproduction, growth, development

Question 9

Asexual reproduction vs. Sexual Reproduction

Answer 9

yields identical copies/yields variation

Question 10

Life Evolves: Evolution by natural selection explains

Answer 10

how all species share a common ancestor

Question 11

Three Domains of Life

Answer 11

Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

Question 12

Four Kingdoms of Eukarya Domain

Answer 12

Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista

Question 13

Independent Variable

Answer 13

Factor that investigator manipulates

Question 14

Dependent Variable

Answer 14

Measurement to determine the outcome of experiment

Question 15

Standardized Variables

Answer 15

Held constant for all subjects of experiment

Question 16

Theory (like a hypothesis)

Answer 16

Testable explanation of data and can be used to make predictions (theory has more supported evidence, ties together more existing observations)

Question 17

Experimental Control Groups

Answer 17

Basis for comparison to experimental group

Question 18

If an experiment can be repeated and achieve same results, the results are

Answer 18

less likely due to chance alone