Chapter 1 Quiz Flashcards
(20 cards)
___is the process of transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring
Heredity
All living things are able to maintain stable internal conditions, whether they are unicellular or complex, multicellular organisms. This property is called:
Homeostasis
What are the properties of life?
Cellular organization, Metabolism, Homeostasis, growth and reproduction, heredity
The original source of energy used by organisms is?
Sun
In a multicellular organism, different tissues that function together are grouped into:
organs
Who is credited for discovering cells
Robert Hooke
All organisms use _____ as the inherited genetic material that makes up the chromosomes
DNA
A group of similar cells that act as a functional unit are
tissue
Which group includes the simplest of organisms that do not have a nucleus?
Archaea and Bacteria
The proper order for the scientific process is
observation - hypothesis - prediction - experiment
What are the steps in the scientific process
Make observations, develop a hypothesis, make predictions, test, draw conclusions
The process of using and transferring energy is:
metabolism
A group of organisms in the same species living together is referred to as
population
The different populations of all the species in a given area make up a
community
A group of species and the physical environment in which they live
ecosystem
What are the levels of organization within cells?
Atoms, molecules, macromolecules, organelles, cells
A test of a hypothesis is called
experiment
Scientists primarily employ ______ reasoning when performing the scientific process
inductive
Which kingdom contains the nonphotosynthetic multicellular organisms that digest their food externally?
Fungi
All of the populations of a particular kind of organism are members of the same
species
