1.1 Study of Biology

Question 1

What is biology the study of?

Answer 1

living things

Question 2

What are the three parts of the PMC model of life?

Answer 2

Program, metabolism, and container

Question 3

What does Program refer to in the PMC model of life?

Answer 3

It refers to the genetic instructions for living things

Question 4

What does metabolism refer to in the PMC model of life?

Answer 4

It refers to how living things convert fuel to energy

Question 5

What does container refer to in the PMC model of life?

Answer 5

It refers to how living things control what comes in and out

Question 6

What is the format called for building scientific arguments

Answer 6

CER format

Question 7

what does CER stand for

Answer 7

Claim, evidence, reasoning

Question 8

What does the claim mean in CER?

Answer 8

It means to address the original question or problem.

Question 9

What does evidence mean in CER?

Answer 9

Evidence are pieces of data that support your claim.

Question 10

What does reasoning mean in CER?

Answer 10

Reasoning is the explanation of how the data (evidence) supports your claim.

Question 11

What is the building block of chemical elements?

Answer 11

An atom.

Question 12

What is multiple atoms bonded together?

Answer 12

A molecule

Question 13

What is an example of a molecule?

Answer 13

Water

Question 14

What is a specialized structure that preforms jobs in cells?

Answer 14

An organelle

Question 15

What is the smallest unit capable of carrying out life processes?

Answer 15

A cell

Question 16

What is a group of cells that work together to perform a task?

Answer 16

Tissue

Question 17

What is a group of different tissues that form one unit and perform a function

Answer 17

Organ

Question 18

What is an example of an organ?

Answer 18

The heart

Question 19

What is an organ system?

Answer 19

An organ system is a group of organs that interact to perform a similar function.

Question 20

What is an organism?

Answer 20

An organism is an individual living that is either unicellular or multicellular.

Question 21

What is the order in size of an organ, organism, and organ system from smallest to biggest?

Answer 21

Organ, organ system, organism

Question 22

What is population?

Answer 22

Population is members of the same species that interact in the same area

Question 23

What is community?

Answer 23

Community is all the different populations that make up an area.

Question 24

What is the difference between population and community?

Answer 24

Population only includes members of the same species. Community includes populations of multiple different species.

Question 25

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 25

An ecosystem is all the populations plus the abiotic factors.

Question 26

What is the difference between an ecosystem and a community?

Answer 26

A community only includes living things while an ecosystem is the living populations and the non living factors.

Question 27

What is a biome made up of?

Answer 27

A biome is made up of all the similar ecosystems around the planet.

Question 28

What is a biosphere?

Answer 28

A biosphere is all of the different ecosystems that make up the planet.