Chapter One Vocab

Question 1

Biosphere

Answer 1

all the places living things are found

Question 2

Biodiversity

Answer 2

The variety life

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

A particular type of living thing that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves.

Question 4

Biology

Answer 4

The study of a;; life forms

Question 5

Organism

Answer 5

any individual living thing

Question 6

Cell

Answer 6

is the basic unit of life

Question 7

metabolism

Answer 7

the chemical processes that build up or break down materials

Question 8

systme

Answer 8

group of related parts that interact to form a whole.

Question 9

ecosystem

Answer 9

physical environment with with different species that interact with one another and with non living things.

Question 10

Homeostasis

Answer 10

the maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism

Question 11

Evolution

Answer 11

a change in genetic makeup of a subgroup or population of a species

Question 12

Adaptation

Answer 12

an inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations