Unit 1

Question 1

What is the principle of empiricism?

Answer 1

science is contrained by our ability to collect imperial data

Question 2

What is biology?

Answer 2

the study of life

Question 3

What are the properties of life?

Answer 3

cellular organization, metabolism, homeostasis, growth and reproduction, and heredity

Question 4

All living organizms consist of at least one cell

Answer 4

cellular organization

Question 5

All living organisms convert energy from one form to another

Answer 5

metabolism

Question 6

All living organiisms are able to maintain an internal environment different than the ambient enviornment

Answer 6

homeostasis

Question 7

All living organisms grown and/or repair, and produce genetically similar offspring

Answer 7

growth and reproduction

Question 8

All living organisms pass genetic information to offspring

Answer 8

heredity

Question 9

Cellular organization?

Answer 9

atoms, molecules, macromolecules, organelles, and cells

Question 10

Fundamental elements of matter

Answer 10

atoms

Question 11

Atoms combined into complex functional units

Answer 11

molecules

Question 12

Large, complex molecules with biological importance

Answer 12

macromolecules

Question 13

Cellular structures that perform specific functions

Answer 13

organelles

Question 14

Smallest level of organization that demonstrates all properties of life

Answer 14

cells

Question 15

Organismal level?

Answer 15

tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question 16

Groups of cells that act as a functional unit

Answer 16

tissue

Question 17

Groups of tissues that are grouped in a structural or functional unit

Answer 17

organ

Question 18

Organs that are grouped into a structural or functional unit

Answer 18

organ system

Question 19

The culmination of all organ systems

Answer 19

organism

Question 20

A group of individuals that belong to the same species that live in the same geographical region

Answer 20

population

Question 21

A group of individuals that potentially interbreed and produce reporoductively viable offspring

Answer 21

species

Question 22

All populations in a geographical region

Answer 22

community

Question 23

All populations and abiotic conditions of a geographical region

Answer 23

ecosystem

Question 24

Properties not present in simpler levels of organization e.g., metabolism, consciousness

Answer 24

emergent property

Question 25

Which level of organization is the smallest level that demonstrates all the properties of life?

Answer 25

cell

Question 26

Which recurrent theme in biology states that organisms or levels of organization may work together to accomplish a task? The completion of this task is referred to as an emergent property.

Answer 26

cooperation

Question 27

Which unifying theory in biology states that information is passed from parent to offspring on chromosomes?

Answer 27

theory of heredity

Question 28

What are the recurrent themes in biology?

Answer 28

evolution, flow of energy, cooperation, structure determines function, and homeostasis

Question 29

Genetic change over time; arguably the most important theme in biology

Answer 29

evolution

Question 30

Ultimately, energy in biological systems has its origin in the sun

Answer 30

flow of energy, flows between organisms throughout a biological system

Question 31

Levels of organization may work together; results in an emergent property

Answer 31

cooperation

Question 32

Biological structures are shaped by evolution, and their three-dimensional conformation facilitates their activity

Answer 32

structure determines function (e.g., enzymes)

Question 33

Maintaining an internal environment that is different from the external environment

Answer 33

homeostasis

Question 34

Using general principles to explain observations

Answer 34

deductive reasoning

Question 35

Discover general principles by making observations and conducting experiments

Answer 35

inductive reasoning

Question 36

What is the Scientific Method?

Answer 36

observation, hypothesis, testing, and conclusion

Question 37

Experimental manipulation will NOT affect the outcome of the experiment

Answer 37

null hypothesis

Question 38

Experimental manipulation WILL affect the outcome of the experiment

Answer 38

alternate hypothesis

Question 39

Must be falsifiable and must have unique predictions

Answer 39

viable hypothesis

Question 40

Experimental conditions reflect those in nature

Answer 40

control

Question 41

The manipulation of a condition

Answer 41

variable

Question 42

A unifying explanation for a broad range of observations

Answer 42

theory

Question 43

What is cell theory?

Answer 43

a cell is the lowest level of organization that demonstrates all the properties of life

Question 44

What is gene theory?

Answer 44

all organisms encode information in nucleic acids (DNA/RNA)

Question 45

Entire set of DNA

Answer 45

genome

Question 46

What is the theory of heredity?

Answer 46

information is passed from a parent to offspring on descrete units of DNA called chromosomes

Question 47

What is the theory of evolution?

Answer 47

gene ratios will change in a population overtime