1.1 study of biology

Question 1

What does CER stand for?

Answer 1

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning

Question 2

What does PMC stand for?

Answer 2

Program, Metabolism, Container

Question 3

What is the smallest level of organization?

Answer 3

Atom

Question 4

What is the largest level of organization?

Answer 4

Organism

Question 5

What does metabolism help with?

Answer 5

Energy production and waste production

Question 6

What is the program of a living thing?

Answer 6

DNA/RNA

Question 7

What does CER do?

Answer 7

It helps make arguments vitalizing

Question 8

What is a CER that explains whether a virus is living or nonliving?

Answer 8

Claim: A virus is a nonliving thing.
Evidence: A virus does not have the characteristics of a living thing such as energy production, carbon source, or growth. Compared to a living thing like a dog, a virus does not meet the same criteria that the dog does.
Reasoning: All living things need a carbon source. A sponge, for example, has a carbon source of carbohydrates. A virus however does not have a carbon source making it nonliving.

Question 9

Which level of organization is bigger, Communities or ecosystems? why?

Answer 9

Ecosystems are bigger because communities only include the living things while ecosystems include both living and nonliving things.

Question 10

What is an example of a cell? why?

Answer 10

Eukaryote or prokaryote are examples of cells because they aren’t just a part of a cell like an organelle and they aren’t a bunch of cells that make up tissues.