Unit 1: Lectures 1-8

Question 1

Biosphere level

Variety in landscape

Answer 1

ecosystem diversity

Question 2

Which organelle does cellular respiration

Answer 2

Mitochondria

Question 3

variety of life

Answer 3

biodiversity

Question 4

Distinct types of material of which animals and plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products

Answer 4

Tissue

Question 5

Organisms that produce their own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms (producers)

Answer 5

autotrophs

Question 6

Different types of biodiversity

Answer 6

Genetic

Species

Ecosystem

Question 7

Group of organisms of the same species living together in a specific geographical location

Answer 7

Population

Question 8

Organisms that obtain organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic material (consumers)

Answer 8

heterotrophs

Question 9

Molecules that do not have carbon and are normally found in non-living things

Answer 9

inorganic molecules

Question 10

Synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reaction involving inorganic molecules, typically in the absence of light

Answer 10

Chemosynthesis

Question 11

Which organelle does photosynthesis?

Answer 11

Chloroplast

Question 12

Coordinated activities of multiple organs

Answer 12

System

Question 13

Flow of information to make proteins

Answer 13

DNA –> RNA –> Protein

Question 14

What is the purpose of cellular respiration?

Answer 14

Produce ATP using chemicals as initial energy source

Question 15

7 Properties shared by all living things

Answer 15

Order

Regulation of internal environment

Growth and development

Energy processing

Response to the environment

Reproduction

Evolutionary adaptation

Question 16

2 or more atoms held together by chemical bonds and are the smallest level of organization

Answer 16

molecule

Question 17

Cells containing a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles which includes eubacteria and archaebacteria

Answer 17

eukaryotes

Question 18

At the global level, which areas have the highest and lowest diversity

Answer 18

Highest: equator

Lowest: Poles

Question 19

The importance of water and hydrogen bonds

Answer 19

Hydrogen bonds make liquid H2O cohesive and adhesive

Hydrogen bonds help to moderate water temperature

Ice is less dense than liquid water

Water is the solvent of life

Question 20

Cells that lack a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles which includes bacteria, cyanobacteria, and archaea

Answer 20

Prokaryotes

Question 21

The first level with all living properties

Answer 21

Cell

Question 22

What level does evoltion occur on?

Answer 22

Population

Question 23

Biotic components (all living organisms)

Answer 23

Community

Question 24

Composed of carbon atoms in rings or long chains, to which are attached to other atoms of such elements as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

Answer 24

Organic molecules

Question 25

Biotic and abiotic components (all living and nonliving organisms)

Answer 25

Ecosystem

Question 26

Important benefits of human beings arise from healthy functioning ecosystems, notably production of oxygen, soil genesis, and water detoxification

Answer 26

ecosystem service

Question 27

All environmental supporting life on earth

Answer 27

Biosphere

Question 28

Group of tissues organized into structures with specific functions

Answer 28

Organ

Question 29

Why should biodiversity be conserved

Answer 29

Biodiversity provides ecosystems with services such as medical applications, production of goods, production of oxygen, recycling of nutrients, water filtration, and shoreline protection

Question 30

Roles of biology and technology in society

Answer 30

Biology studies the natural world

Technology applies scientific knowledge for a purpose

Society determines applications and is affected by increase in technology

Question 31

What is the purpose of photosynthesis?

Answer 31

Produce glucose using the sun as initial energy source

Question 32

Multiple systems working together

Answer 32

Organisms

Question 33

Organic vs inorganic molecules

Answer 33

Organic molecules are carbon based while inorganic molecules are not

Question 34

Population level

Variation of genes among individual species

Answer 34

genetic diversity

Question 35

Structure with a specific function inside cells

Answer 35

organelle

Question 36

Community level

Variety of species in a geographic location

Answer 36

species diversity

Question 37

Diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane

Answer 37

Osmosis

Question 38

Smallest level with living properties

Answer 38

Cell