1.1 Intro to Biology

Question 1

What does CER stand for?

Answer 1

Claim, evidence, reasoning

Question 2

Using CER, write a claim to support that viruses are not living.

Answer 2

Viruses are not living even though they have so characteristics of life.

Question 3

Are populations or communities bigger?

Answer 3

commmunties

Question 4

Are claims yes or no questions?

Answer 4

no, they should be more than yes or no questions

Question 5

What is the building block to a chemical element?

Answer 5

atom

Question 6

What is the smallest thing that can support life?

Answer 6

cell

Question 7

If an organism has a container and a program, but can’t metabolize. Is it a living thing?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

What are the levels of organization from smallest to biggest?

Answer 8

atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

Question 9

What does PMC stand for

Answer 9

program, metabolism, container

Question 10

What is an example of an organ system

Answer 10

nervous system

Question 11

What is the difference between ecosystems and biomes

Answer 11

biomes are made up of multiple ecosystems.

Question 12

Do all organisms have organs

Answer 12

No, some organisms a singled celled meaning they don’t have organs

Question 13

What level of organization does Water go into

Answer 13

molecule

Question 14

What level of organization does a heart go into

Answer 14

organ

Question 15

In a program what is being passed done

Answer 15

genetic code

Question 16

What is a molecule

Answer 16

atoms bonded together

Question 17

Which claim is better “Can plants live without sunlight” or “Plants thrive when they have sunlight in their environment.”

Answer 17

“Plants thrive when they have sunlight in their environment.”

Question 18

In PMC, what does the word container mean?

Answer 18

It means having a cell membrane that controls what is going of the cell and what is going out of the cell.

Question 19

Why is metabolizing an important of being considered being alive

Answer 19

This is important because you must be able to get energy and burn it to be considered alive.

Question 20

What is the difference between community and population

Answer 20

Community isn’t all the same species to where a population is the same species.