Lesson 1.1: Unifying Themes of Life

Question 1

What are the 5 Unifying Themes of Life?

Answer 1

Organization, Information, Energy and Matter, Interactions, Evolution

Question 2

Which theme do systems of organized/related parts of all levels of life represent?

Answer 2

Organization

Question 3

Which theme of life talks about genes, DNA, RNA, chromosomes, genes, and gene expressions?

Answer 3

Genetic Information

Question 4

What’s the basic unit of life?

Answer 4

cell

Question 5

What is composed of proteins and DNA?

Answer 5

chromosomes

Question 6

What is the unit of inheritance, and are segments of DNA?

Answer 6

genes

Question 7

What is composed of 2 strands that are antiparallel to each other and is made up of nucleotide bases?

Answer 7

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Question 8

What is the entire process of creating proteins out of a template DNA?

Answer 8

Gene Expression

Question 9

What are the nucleotide bases? (Hint: there are 4)

Answer 9

Adenine (A), Guanine (G) Cytosine (C) and Thymine (T)

Question 10

What is the complete set of genes called?

Answer 10

Genome

Question 11

What is the complete set of proteins called?

Answer 11

Proteome

Question 12

Which theme of life is represented by the organism’s need of energy in order to work?

Answer 12

Energy and Matter

Question 13

What are the 3 types of Interaction

Answer 13

Parasitism, Mutualism and Commensalism

Question 14

Which theme of life represents the change in genetic composition of an organism from generation to generation?

Answer 14

Evolution