What is Biology? (Lecture 1)

Question 1

7 Characteristics something MUST have to qualify as living

Answer 1

Order, Reproduction, Growth, Energy Processing, Regulation, Response to environmental stimuli, Evolution

Question 2

Complex Organization made up of living cells

Answer 2

Order

Question 3

Ability to produce VIABLE offspring

Answer 3

Reproduction

Question 4

Inherited information (DNA) leads to increase in size and cell differentiation

Answer 4

Growth and Development

Question 5

Ability to process stored chemical energy to power its own activities and chemical reactions

Answer 5

Energy Processing

Question 6

Mechanisms that regulate an organism’s internal environment`

Answer 6

Homeostasis

Question 7

Ability to respond to environmental stimuli

Answer 7

Response to Environment

Question 8

Adaptions that develop over many generations

Answer 8

Evolutionary Adaption

Question 9

All of the environments on Earth that support life

Answer 9

Biosphere

Question 10

All of the organisms living in a particular area and all the physical components with which the organisms interact

Answer 10

Ecosystem / Biome

Question 11

All if the species of organisms in an ecosystem that does not include environmental attributes

Answer 11

Community

Question 12

Includes all of the individuals of a PARTICULAR SPECIES living in an area

Answer 12

Population

Question 13

An individual living thing

Answer 13

Organism

Question 14

Consists of several organs that cooperate in a specific function

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Organ System

Question 15

Made up of several tissues to perform a specific function

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Organ

Question 16

Made up of a group of similar cells that perform a certain function

Answer 16

Tissue

Question 17

The fundamental unit of life

Answer 17

Cell

Question 18

A membrane enclosed structure that performs a specific function within a cell

Answer 18

Organelle

Question 19

A cluster of small chemical units (atoms) held together by chemical bonds

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Molecule

Question 20

Ancient Bacteria

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Domain Archaea

Question 21

Traditional “Contemporary” Bacteria

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Domain Bacteria

Question 22

All eukaryotic organisms

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Domain Eukarya

Question 23

Bacteria and cyanobacteria. Unicellular, prokaryotes

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Kingdom Monera

Question 24

Algae, Slime Molds, Protozoans

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Kingdom Protista

Question 25

All mushrooms, molds, etc. Eukarytotic, Heterotrophic, Cell walls of chitin

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Kingdom Fungi

Question 26

Multicellular, Eukaryotic, Autotrophic, Cell walls of Cellulose

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Kingdom Plantae

Question 27

Multicellular, Eukaryotic, Heterotrophic, Motile, No cell walls

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Kingdom Animalia

Question 28

Six steps of the Scientific Method

Answer 28

Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Prediction, Experiment, Conclusion