Module #1

Question 1

Metabolism

Answer 1

the sum total of all processes in an org which convert energy and matter form outside sources and use that energy and matter to stain the org life functions

Question 2

Anabolism

Answer 2

the sum total of all processes i an org which use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life.

Question 3

Catabolism

Answer 3

the sum total of all processes in an org which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks.

Question 4

Photosynthesis

Answer 4

the process by which green plants and some other org use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food

Question 5

herbivores

Answer 5

org that eat only plants

Question 6

carnivores

Answer 6

org that eat only org other than plants

Question 7

omnivores

Answer 7

org that eat both plants and other org

Question 8

producers

Answer 8

org that produce their own food

Question 9

consumers

Answer 9

org that eat living producers and or other consumers for food

Question 10

decomposers

Answer 10

org that break down the dead remains of other org

Question 11

autotrophs

Answer 11

org that are able to make their own food

Question 12

heterotrophs

Answer 12

org that depend on other org for their food

Question 13

receptors

Answer 13

special structures that allow living org to sense the conditions of the internal or external environment

Question 14

asexual reproduction

Answer 14

reproduction accomplished by a single org

Question 15

sexual reproduction

Answer 15

reproduction that requires two org

Question 16

inheritance

Answer 16

the process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from parent (or parents) to the offspring

Question 17

mutation

Answer 17

an abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an org compared to that of its parents

Question 18

hypothesis

Answer 18

an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question

Question 19

theory

Answer 19

a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data

Question 20

scientific law

Answer 20

a theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data

Question 21

microorganisms

Answer 21

living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye

Question 22

abiogenesis

Answer 22

the idea that long ago very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions

Question 23

prokaryotic cell

Answer 23

a cell that has no distinct membrane bounded organelles

Question 24

eukaryotic cell

Answer 24

a cell with distinct membrane bounded organelles

Question 25

species

Answer 25

a unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions produce fertile offspring and are re-productively isolated from other such units

Question 26

taxonomy

Answer 26

the science of classifying org

Question 27

binomial nomenclature

Answer 27

naming an org with its genus and species name