1: Evolution & bio themes

Question 1

Evolution

Answer 1

Process of change that has transformed life on earth from its earliest beginnings to the diverse organisms today

Question 2

Biology

Answer 2

Asking questions about the world and seeking answer through scientific inquiry, AKA the study of life

Question 3

Emergent properties

Answer 3

Properties of a level of biological organization absent from the preceding category. Due to arrangement and interaction of parts as complexity increases

Question 4

Biosphere

Answer 4

All life on earth and all places life exists

Question 5

Ecosystems

Answer 5

All living things in an area, also abiotic things like water, gas, light, and soil etc

Question 6

Communities

Answer 6

Array of organisms in an ecosystem

Question 7

Population

Answer 7

All individuals of a species within a specific area

Question 8

Organisms

Answer 8

Individual living things

Question 9

Organs and organ systems

Answer 9

Alone it carries out a function for the body. As a team they cooperate to perform larger functions, made up of tissues.

Question 10

Tissues

Answer 10

Group of cells that work together performing a specialized function

Question 11

Cells

Answer 11

Life’s fundamental unit of structure and function

Question 12

Organelles

Answer 12

Various functional components in cells

Question 13

Molecules

Answer 13

Chemical structure consisting of two or more atoms

Question 14

What are the 7 properties of life?

Answer 14

• order
• evolutionary adaption
• regulation
• energy processing
• growth and development
• response to environment
• reproduction

Question 15

Eukaryotic cells

Answer 15

Has a membrane enclosed nucleus and organelles

Question 16

Prokaryotic cells

Answer 16

Lack a nucleus or other membrane enclosed organelles

Question 17

Negative feedback

Answer 17

A loop in which the response reduces the initial stimulus

Question 18

Taxonomy

Answer 18

Scientific discipline concerned with naming and classifying diverse forms of life

Question 19

Domain bacteria

Answer 19

Unicellular (single cell) prokaryotic cells

Question 20

Domain archaea

Answer 20

Unicellular prokaryotes, more complex than bacteria

Question 21

Domain eukarya

Answer 21

Unicellular or multicellular eukaryotes (Protista, plants, fungi, animals)

Question 22

Discovery/descriptive science

Answer 22

Involved observing & recording what we see in nature through data

Question 23

Scientific method

Answer 23

1. Observation
2. Hypothesis
3. Predict Results
4. Experiment to test hypothesis
5. Gather data (quant/qual)
6. Check results
7. Make a conclusion