Chapter 1

Question 1

The kingdom of prokaryotes (simplest of cells that don’t have nuclei)

Answer 1

Archaea

Question 2

Second of the two prokaryotic kingdoms, can convert light energy into chemical energy

Answer 2

Bacteria

Question 3

Kingdom where most of the unicellular eukaryotes (those whose cells contain a nucleus)

Answer 3

Protista

Question 4

Kingdom with Nonphotosynthetic organisms, mostly multicellular, that digest their food externally

Answer 4

Fungi

Question 5

Kingdom contains photosynthetic multicellular organisms that are terrestrial

Answer 5

Plantae

Question 6

Organisms in this kingdom are nonphotosynthetic multicellular organisms that digest their food internally

Answer 6

Animalia

Question 7

What are the six kingdoms of life

Answer 7

Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia

Question 8

What are the five basic properties of life?

Answer 8

Cellular organization, metabolism, homeostasis, growth and reproduction, heredity

Question 9

The transfer of energy from one form to another in cells

Answer 9

metabolism

Question 10

What molecules do cells transfer energy through

Answer 10

ATP molecules

Question 11

Maintain stable internal conditions so that their complex processes can be better corrdinated

Answer 11

Homeostasis

Question 12

Stores the hereditary information in all living organisms

Answer 12

DNA

Question 13

The transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring

Answer 13

heredity

Question 14

Three levels of the organization of life

Answer 14

Cellular, Organismal, Populational

Question 15

Parts to cellular level

Answer 15

Atoms, Molecules, Macromolecules, organelles, cells

Question 16

The fundamental elements of matter

Answer 16

Atoms

Question 17

Atoms are joined together into complex clusters called

Answer 17

Molecules

Question 18

Large complex molecules

Answer 18

Macromolecules

Question 19

Complex biological molecules are assembled into tiny compartments within cells where cellular activities are organized

Answer 19

Organelles

Question 20

Smallest level of organization that can be considered alive; organelles and other elements are assembled in these membrane bouned units

Answer 20

Cells

Question 21

Groups of similar cells that act as a unit

Answer 21

Tissues

Question 22

Body structures composed of several different tissues grouped together in a structural and functional unit.

Answer 22

Organs

Question 23

Groups of organs

Answer 23

Organ systems

Question 24

Separate organ systems functioning together

Answer 24

Organism

Question 25

Parts of Organismal level

Answer 25

Tissues, Organs, Organ systems, organism

Question 26

parts of population level

Answer 26

Population, species, community, ecosystem

Question 27

Group of organisms of the same species living in the same place

Answer 27

Population

Question 28

All of the populations of a particular kind of organism together

Answer 28

Species

Question 29

All of the populations of different species living together in one palce

Answer 29

Community

Question 30

A biological community and the soil and water within it which it lives together

Answer 30

Ecosystem

Question 31

5 biological themes

Answer 31

Evolution, the flow of energy, cooperation, structure determines function, homeostasis

Question 32

Genetic change in a species over time

Answer 32

evolution

Question 33

Where does all of the energy used by most organisms come from?

Answer 33

Sun

Question 34

Process that uses energy from the sun to synthesize sugars that photosynthetic organisms like plants store in their bodies

Answer 34

photosynthesis

Question 35

Cooperation between different types of organisms

Answer 35

symbiosis

Question 36

Using general principles to explain specific observations

Answer 36

Deductive reasoning

Question 37

The process of using specific observations to formulate general principles

Answer 37

inductive reasoning

Question 38

How do scientists discover general principles

Answer 38

inductive reasoning

Question 39

Steps in scientific process

Answer 39

Observation, Hypothesis, Predictions, Testing, Controls, Conclusion

Question 40

The test of a hypothesis

Answer 40

Experiment

Question 41

Each factor that might influence a process

Answer 41

variable

Question 42

A collection of related hypothesis that have been tested many times and not rejected

Answer 42

Theory

Question 43

What are the four unifying theories in biology?

Answer 43

Cell, Gene, Heredity, Evolution

Question 44

Who discovered cells?

Answer 44

Robert Hooke

Question 45

What theory says that all living organisms consist of cells and all cells come from other cells?

Answer 45

Cell Theory

Question 46

Who discovered DNA

Answer 46

James Watson and Francis Crick

Question 47

What theory states that the proteins and DNA molecules encoded by an organisms genes determine what it will be like

Answer 47

Gene Theory

Question 48

What are genes made up of?

Answer 48

DNA

Question 49

Who advanced the theory of heredity?

Answer 49

Gregor Mendel

Question 50

What theory states genes of an organism are inherited (passed from parent to offspring) as discrete units?

Answer 50

Theory of Heredity

Question 51

The genes in theory of heredity are physically located on chromosomes because chromosomes are parceled out in a regular manner during reproduction

Answer 51

Chromosomal theory of inheritance

Question 52

What 3 groups (domains) are the 6 kingdoms of life assigned to?

Answer 52

Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya

Question 53

What kingdoms are in the Bacteria Group?

Answer 53

Bacteria

Question 54

What kingdoms are in the Archaea Group?

Answer 54

Archaea

Question 55

What kingdoms are in the Eukarya Group?

Answer 55

Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia

Question 56

Novel properties that appear in each level of the hierarchy of life

Answer 56

emergent properties