Biology

Question 1

What is biology?

Answer 1

Biology is the study of life and living things.

Question 2

Define: Biologist

Answer 2

A scientist who studies biology.

Question 3

Define: Organism

Answer 3

A living thing.

Question 4

What is the life cycle?

Answer 4

The series of changes that an organism can go through. For many organisms, this involves growing, changing, reproducing, and dying.

Question 5

What is biology called?

Answer 5

Biology is called a life science, or natural science, because it’s the study of life-forms in nature.

Question 6

What do all organisms have in common?

Answer 6

All living things share the same characteristics of life:
-They are made up of One or more cells
-They need energy to live
-They respond to stimuli (they react to their environment)

Question 7

Define: Cell

Answer 7

The basic unit of life.

Question 8

Define: Stimulus

Answer 8

Anything that causes a response.

Question 9

What is the Modern Cell Theory?

Answer 9

1. The cell is the smallest living unit in all organisms.
2. All living things are made of cells.
3. All cells come from other pre-existing cells

Question 10

What are unicellular organisms?

Answer 10

Organisms made up of just one cell.

Question 11

What are multicellular organisms?

Answer 11

Complex organisms made up of many cells. They can usually be arranged into tissues, which can make up organs, which can make up organ systems.

Question 12

Define: Unicellular

Answer 12

Made up of one cell.

Question 13

Define: Multicellular

Answer 13

Made up of more than one cell.

Question 13

What are life functions?

Answer 13

Processes that an organism takes on to help it survive. It includes: growth, reproduction, nutrition, respiration, transport, synthesis, excretion, and regulation.

Question 14

Define: Offspring

Answer 14

A new organism created from parent organisms.

Question 15

Define: Asexual reproduction

Answer 15

When one parent organism reproduces by itself.

Question 16

Define: Sexual reproduction

Answer 16

When two parent organisms reproduce.

Question 17

Define: Nutrients

Answer 17

Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

Question 17

Define: Metabolism

Answer 17

The set of chemical reactions that maintain the life of an organism.

Question 18

Define: Circulation

Answer 18

The movement of something through the body of an organism.

Question 19

Define: Homeostasis

Answer 19

A state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions set by the body. It keeps an organism alive despite a changing environment.

Question 20

Define: Adaption

Answer 20

A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive or reproduce in its environment.

Question 21

What is Classification Hierarchy?

Answer 21

Categories developed to organize every discovered organism.

Question 21

What is Biological classification?

Answer 21

The process of organizing living things by their structure and how closely related they are.

Question 22

What are the categories in the Classification Hierarchy?

Answer 22

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.

Question 23

What is the order of the categories in the Classification Hierarchy?

Answer 23

From the broadest to the most specific. There are fewer and fewer organisms as you get to the more specific categories.

Question 24

What is the Domain?

Answer 24

The Domain is the highest rank in the classification system. It's the broadest of all categories. All organisms fall under these three groups: -Eukarya -Bacteria -Archaea

Question 25

What is the Phylum?

Answer 25

A category groups organisms together on the basis of their fundamental traits.

Question 25

What is the Kingdom?

Answer 25

The second-highest rank in the Classification systems. It's divided into six groups: -Archaebacteria -Eubacteria -Protista -Fungi -Plantae -Animalia Organisms within each Kingdom have different characteristics from organisms in the other Kingdoms.

Question 26

What is the Class?

Answer 26

A set or category of organisms that have some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by traits.

Question 27

What is the Order?

Answer 27

The different groups of animals in each Class. Ex: primates are in order within the Mammalia Class.

Question 28

What is the Family?

Answer 28

The Family is the subgroup of Order. Ex: there are 16 families within the primates group.

Question 29

What is the Genus?

Answer 29

A group of closely related Species.

Question 30

What is the Species?

Answer 30

The smallest and most specific unit of classification. Species are groups of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to reproduce only with one another. Ex: humans can only reproduce with other humans.

Question 31

Who is Carl Linnaeus?

Answer 31

A Swedish biologist and physician who formalised Binomial Nomenclature, the Modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of taxonomy".

Question 32

What is Binomial Nomenclature?

Answer 32

The system for naming organisms.

Question 33

What does "Binomial" mean and what does it do?

Answer 33

It means "a name with two terms". It defines the Genus of an organism.

Question 34

What does Nomenclature mean and what does it do?

Answer 34

It means "name" or "name to call". It defines the Species itself.