Biology 100 Unit 1

Question 1

Life is structured on a size scale ranging from ________

Answer 1

Molecular to Global

Question 2

Biology’s scope stretched across the enormous diversity of life on earth. Regardless on the the type of ____

Answer 2

Life

Question 3

Life exhibits ______________

Answer 3

Properties

Question 4

Structure and processes of living can be complex, but they are always _______

Answer 4

Order(ed)

Question 5

Each type of organism should be able to ______ its own kind.

Answer 5

Reproduction (reproduce)

Question 6

Inherent genetic information the controls the ___________ and __________ of all organisms

Answer 6

Growth and Development

Question 7

Organisms must have a reliable mechanism to obtain and use sources of _________ for daily activities and maintenance

Answer 7

energy processing (energy)

Question 8

Live organisms are able to ____ to all kinds of _______ stimuli

Answer 8

Respond to Environment (Respond Environment)

Question 9

Internal mechanisms adjust an organism to compensate for changing for changing environmental conditionals

Answer 9

Regulation

Question 10

Populations of organisms are able to adapt to changing environmental conditions and as a result change perminanently

Answer 10

Evolutionary Adaptations

Question 11

The properties of life are: (7)

Answer 11

Order, reproduction, Growth & Development, Responce to the Environment, Regulation, Energy Processing, and Evolutionary Adaptations

Question 12

The scientific study of life

Answer 12

Biology

Question 13

Our understanding of Biology provides break throughs in

Answer 13

• Solving Crimes
• Ecology helps us address environmental issues
• Medicine, Health, & Agriculture

Question 14

Biologists study life ranging from an entire ______ to the smallest ________

Answer 14

biosphere, atom

Question 15

-the smallest unit of matter ex: 1 hydrogen atom

Answer 15

Atom

Question 16

more than one ATOM bound together ex: 0_2

Answer 16

Molecule

Question 17

“little organ” a specialized cellular part ex: nuclous (of a cell)

Answer 17

Organelle

Question 18

smallest unit of life may need more than one

Answer 18

Cell

Question 19

multiple cells working together to perform a function ex: Nervous Tissue

Answer 19

Tissue

Question 20

multiple tissues working together to perform a function. Ex: Brain

Answer 20

Organ

Question 21

a single living being ex: alegator

Answer 21

Organism

Question 22

multiple of the same organism living together ex: All alegators living in the wetlands

Answer 22

Population

Question 23

several populations of different species living in a given area ex: all populations living in the wetlands

Answer 23

Communities

Question 24

All living organisms and non-living matter in a given area ex: florida everglades

Answer 24

Ecosystem

Question 25

All ecosystem combined ex: fForida

Answer 25

Biosphere

Question 26

Each organism interacts with its environment ____________ and all the _____________

Answer 26

Everywhere; all the time

Question 27

type of biology that models the complex interactions of biological systems

Answer 27

Systems Biology

Question 28

Interactions between organism and the environment have an effect on .....

Answer 28

Both the environment and the organism | Ex: Yucka Moth and Yucka Plant

Question 29

Any ecosystem, life depends on two major processes

Answer 29

- nutriet cycling: Recycling | - energy flow: Energy flow down from one organism to another

Question 30

The ------------is the smallest component of the biological hierarchy that can be considered alive.

Answer 30

Cell

Question 31

the theory that all organisms are composed of cells

Answer 31

cell theory

Question 32

what are the two major types of cells

Answer 32

Prokaryotic cells, Eukaryotic cells

Question 33

Cell that are small, simple, and have no nucleous

Answer 33

Prokaryotic cells

Question 34

a larger more complex cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles

Answer 34

eukaryotic cells

Question 35

10-100x larger than prokaryotic cells, Membrane, Organells, Nucleus, DNA

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Eukaryotic Cells

Question 36

DNA, Membrane, Simple, Small

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Prokaryotic cell

Question 37

DNA code for genes which are

Answer 37

the units of inheritance

Question 38

the building blocks of DNA are called

Answer 38

Nucleotides

Question 39

DNA is made of combinations of 4 ________ What are they

Answer 39

Nucleotides | A-T G-C

Question 40

Specific nucleotides bond together making DNA double stranded as a

Answer 40

double helix

Question 41

The sequence of the nucleotides

Answer 41

decides the information

Question 42

a defining characteristic of living things

Answer 42

Diversity

Question 43

How many species of organisms have been described by scientists

Answer 43

1.8 million

Question 44

How many species of organisms are estimated to exists

Answer 44

10-100 million

Question 45

another branch of biology which deals with the classification of organisms

Answer 45

taxonomy

Question 46

an essential component of all ecosystems because different organisms perform different tasks in an ecosystem

Answer 46

biodiversity

Question 47

What are the three domains of life:

Answer 47

- Archaea - Bacteria - Eukarya

Question 48

Bacteria and Archaea are considered ______ species

Answer 48

Prokaryotic: single celled without a nucleus have a circular nucleode

Question 49

The domain Eukarya include what four kingdoms

Answer 49

- Protista - Plantae - Fungi - Animalia

Question 50

widely accepted explanation that is supported by a large body of evidence

Answer 50

Theory

Question 51

to know, a way of knowing, done by testing, observing, experimenting

Answer 51

Science

Question 52

What are the two approaches to science?

Answer 52

- Discovery | - Hypothesis driven science, testing, observing, using the scientific method

Question 53

Verifiable observations and measurements

Answer 53

discovery science

Question 54

Discovery science leads to _______ a generalization that is summarized from a large number of scientific observations

Answer 54

Inductive Reasoning

Question 55

asking Questions and seeking explanations

Answer 55

hypothesis driven science

Question 56

hypothesis driven science leads to ________ using general premises to extrapolate in specific results

Answer 56

Deductive Reasoning

Question 57

hypothesis driven science uses the

Answer 57

Scientific method

Question 58

What are the steps of the scientific method

Answer 58

1. Observation 2. Question 3. Hypothesis 4. Prediction 5. Test

Question 59

an in depth examination of an actual investigation

Answer 59

Case study ex: brightly colored snakes

Question 60

a test where the person conducting the test only changes one variable at a time in order to isolate the results.

Answer 60

Controlled experiment