exam 1

Question 1

order

Answer 1

organisms are highly ordered and are all made up of at least 1 cell

Question 2

reproduction

Answer 2

life comes from life (biogenesis) transfer of genetic traits onto offspring via genes

Question 3

growth and development

Answer 3

directed by the information contained in the DNA

Question 4

energy utilization

Answer 4

organisms take in and transform energy to do work, including the maintenance of their ordered state; metabolism

Question 5

autotrophs

Answer 5

produce their own food (plants)

Question 6

heterotrophs

Answer 6

acquire energy from the tissue of other organisms (animals)

Question 7

response to environment

Answer 7

organisms respond to stimuli from their environment

Question 8

homeostasis

Answer 8

organisms regulate their internal environment to maintain a steady-state, even with changing external envirnmments

Question 9

evolutionary adaptation

Answer 9

evolution- change over time

Question 10

adaptation

Answer 10

ability to utilize traits that improves the organisms survival in an environment

Question 11

anatomical adaptation

Answer 11

structural- like mimicking a butterfly

Question 12

physiological adaptation

Answer 12

biological process

Question 13

behavioral

Answer 13

instincts

Question 14

Mutation

Answer 14

mistakes in passed DNA; can be good or bad

Question 15

subatomic particles

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smallest known particles-electrons, protons and neutrons

Question 16

atoms

Answer 16

composed of subatomic particles-hydrogen, oxygen

Question 17

molecules

Answer 17

combination of 2 or more atoms-water

Question 18

sub-cellular organelles

Answer 18

perform complex biological functions- mitochondria

Question 19

cell

Answer 19

smallest unit of life

Question 20

tissue

Answer 20

muscle,bark

Question 21

organ

Answer 21

heart, roots

Question 22

organ system

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digestive system, root system

Question 23

multicellular organism

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acquires advanced biological traits such as intelligence, emotions.

Question 24

population

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localized group of organisms belonging to the

Question 25

community

Answer 25

populations of species living in the same area

Question 26

ecosystem

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combines the community in an area plus the abiotic

Question 27

biosphere

Answer 27

sum of all the planet's ecosystems

Question 28

taxonomy

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science of classifying and naming organisms based upon their morphology and evolution

Question 29

binomal nomenclature

Answer 29

system used to assign a scientific name of a single type

Question 30

Genus

Answer 30

first word in the name refers to a group of closely- related species; always capitalized and underlined- HOMO in homo sapiens

Question 31

species

Answer 31

second part of the binomial name; refers to one species within the genus; lower case and underlined- SAPIENS in homo sapiens