Chapter 1 (2-18)

Question 1

Fundamental building block of all matter.

Answer 1

Atom

Question 2

The scientific study of life.

Answer 2

Biology

Question 3

All regions of Earth where organisms live.

Answer 3

Biosphere

Question 4

Smallest unit of life.

Answer 4

Cell

Question 5

All populations of all species in a given area.

Answer 5

Community

Question 6

A community interacting with its environment.

Answer 6

Ecosystem

Question 7

A characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of the system’s component parts.

Answer 7

Emergent property

Question 8

An association of two or more atoms.

Answer 8

Molecule

Question 9

In multi celled organisms, a grouping of tissues engaged in a collective task.

Answer 9

Organ

Question 10

Individual that consists of one ore more cells.

Answer 10

Organism

Question 11

In multi celled organisms, set of organs engaged in a collective task that keeps the body functioning properly.

Answer 11

Organ system

Question 12

Group of interbreeding individuals of the same species that live in a given area.

Answer 12

Population

Question 13

In multi celled organisms, specialized cells organized in a pattern that allows them to perform a collective function.

Answer 13

Tissue

Question 14

Organism that gets energy and nutrients by feeding on tissues, waters, or remains of other organisms.

Answer 14

Consumer

Question 15

Multistep process by which the first cell of a new multi celled organism gives rise to an adult.

Answer 15

Development

Question 16

Deoxyribonucleic acid: carriers hereditary information that guides development and other activities.

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DNA

Question 17

In multi celled species, an increase in the number, size, and volume of cells.

Answer 17

Growth

Question 18

Process in which an organism keeps its internal conditions within tolerable ranges by sensing and responding to change.

Answer 18

Homeostasis

Question 19

Transmission of DNA to offspring.

Answer 19

Inheritance

Question 20

Substance that an organism needs for growth and survival but cannot make for itself.

Answer 20

Nutrient

Question 21

Process by which producers use light energy to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

Answer 21

Photosynthesis

Question 22

Organism that makes its own food using energy and nonbiological raw materials from the environment.

Answer 22

Producer

Question 23

Processes by which parents produce offspring.

Answer 23

Reproduction

Question 24

Multicelled consumer that develops through a series of stages and moves about during part or all of its life.

Answer 24

Animal

Question 25

Group of single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus but are more closely related to eukaryotes than to bacteria.

Answer 25

Archaea

Question 26

The most diverse and well-known group of single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus.

Answer 26

Bacteria

Question 27

Scope of variation among living organisms.

Answer 27

Biodiversity

Question 28

Organism whose cells characteristically have a nucleus.

Answer 28

Eukaryote

Question 29

Single-celled or multi celled eukaryotic consumer that breaks down material outside itself, then absorbs nutrients released from the breakdown.

Answer 29

Fungus

Question 30

Sac that encloses a cell's DNA: has two membranes

Answer 30

Nucleus

Question 31

A multicelled, typically photosynthetic producer.

Answer 31

Plant

Question 32

Single-celled organism without a nucleus.

Answer 32

Prokaryote

Question 33

Member of a diverse group of simple eukaryotes.

Answer 33

Protist

Question 34

A group of species that share a unique set of traits.

Answer 34

Genus

Question 35

Unique type of organism.

Answer 35

Species

Question 36

Second part of a species name.

Answer 36

Specific Epithet

Question 37

Group of organisms that share a unique set of traits.

Answer 37

Taxon

Question 38

The science of naming and classifying species.

Answer 38

Taxonomy

Question 39

An observable characteristic of an organism or species.

Answer 39

Trait

Question 40

Group of individuals identical to an experimental group except for the independent variable under investigation.

Answer 40

Control Group

Question 41

Judging information before accepting it.

Answer 41

Critical Thinking

Question 42

Experimental Results.

Answer 42

Data

Question 43

Using a general idea to make a conclusion about a specific case.

Answer 43

Deductive Reasoning

Question 44

In an experiment, a group of individuals who have a certain characteristic or receive a certain treatment.

Answer 44

Experimental Group

Question 45

A test designed to support or falsify a prediction.

Answer 45

Experiment

Question 46

Testable explanation of a natural phenomenon.

Answer 46

Hypothesis

Question 47

Variable that is controlled by an experimenter in order to explore its relationship to a dependent variable.

Answer 47

Independent Variable

Question 48

Drawing a conclusion based on observation.

Answer 48

Inductive Reasoning

Question 49

Analogous system used for testing hypothesis.

Answer 49

Model

Question 50

Statement, based on a hypothesis, about a condition that should exist if the hypothesis is correct.

Answer 50

Prediction

Question 51

Systematic study of the observable world.

Answer 51

Science

Question 52

Making, testing, and evaluating hypotheses.

Answer 52

Scientific Method

Question 53

In an experiment, a characteristic or event that differs among individuals or over time.

Answer 53

Variable

Question 54

The chance that a particular outcome of an event will occur; depends on the total number of outcomes possible.

Answer 54

Probability

Question 55

Difference between results derived from testing an entire group of events of individuals, and results derived from testing a subset of the group.

Answer 55

Sampling error

Question 56

Refers to a result that is statistical unlikely to have occurred by chance.

Answer 56

Statistically Significant