Ch 1-1

Question 1

contains all ecosystems

Answer 1

Biosphere

Question 2

Ecosystem

Answer 2

interaction b/w living things + environment (made of community)

Question 3

diff species + organisms (made of popu)

Answer 3

Community

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

same organisms living in same area

Question 5

individual organism

Answer 5

Individuals

Question 6

Endemic

Answer 6

species only found in one population (vulnerable to changes)

Question 7

Several types of tissue that carry out a function

Answer 7

Organ

Question 8

group of cells of same tyoe that perform specific function

Answer 8

Tissue

Question 9

Cell

Answer 9

Smallest unit of life

Question 10

Organelle

Answer 10

Discrete unit within cells

Question 11

Molecule

Answer 11

two or more than two atoms of same/ diff elements chemically bonded (smallest)

Question 12

Does prokaryotic have organelles

Answer 12

No

Question 13

reducing complex system into smaller components

Answer 13

Reductionism

Question 14

Combined interactions to make properties of a system

Answer 14

Systems biology

Question 15

Emergent properties

Answer 15

Emerge due to interaction bw diff components (increases w/ complexity)

Question 16

Unit of inheritance (hereditary info)

Answer 16

DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 17

Code for proteins (info needed to produce species)

Answer 17

Genes

Question 18

Process our cells use to convert info in DNA into a functional unit

Answer 18

Gene expression

Question 19

• serve as messenger markers, structural components, enzymes

Answer 19

Protein

Question 20

Protein encoding genes

Answer 20

control production of proteins through transcription + translation

Question 21

Interaction bw organisms

Answer 21

Symbiosis

Question 22

3 ways human interactions alter environments

Answer 22

1) climate change
2) habitat destruction
3) species endangerment

Question 23

4 kingdoms of eukarya

Answer 23

Plantae, fungi, protist, animalia

Question 24

3 domains of life

Answer 24

Bacteria, archaea, eukarya

Question 25

concept that all current life on Earth is descended from common ancestors

Answer 25

Evolution

Question 26

Unity

Answer 26

Sharing of traits b/w organisms from single ancestor

Question 27

Uniqueness inherited by living organisms

Answer 27

Diversity

Question 28

population w/ individuals who can interbreed + produce viable and fertile offspring • Indiv of one species CANNOT interbreed w/ indiv of another species to produce offspring

Answer 28

Species

Question 29

Indiv w favourable traits selected by their environment

Answer 29

Natural selection

Question 30

wrote “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859)

Answer 30

Charles darwin

Question 31

Symbiotic

Answer 31

Interactions bw 2 or more diff organisms