Bio Ch 1 Vocab

Question 1

cell

Answer 1

smallest unit of life

Question 2

tissue

Answer 2

group of similar cells that perform a particular function

Question 3

organ

Answer 3

several tissues joined together

Question 4

organ system

Answer 4

organs working together

Question 5

organism

Answer 5

collection of organ systems

Question 6

energy

Answer 6

the capacity to do work

Question 7

metabolism

Answer 7

all the chemical reactions in the cell

Question 8

homeostasis

Answer 8

“staying the same”

Question 9

development

Answer 9

all the changes that take place between conception and death

Question 10

species

Answer 10

a group of organisms that can successfully interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 11

systematics

Answer 11

the discipline of identifying and classifying organisms according to specific criteria–> species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain

Question 12

3 domains

Answer 12

Archaea, bacteria, eukarya

Question 13

prokaryotes

Answer 13

lack membrane-bounded nucleus

Question 14

kingdoms

Answer 14

protists, fungi, plants, animals

Question 15

taxonomy

Answer 15

assignment of a binomial to each species

Question 16

biosphere

Answer 16

zone of air, land, and water at the Earth’s surface where living things are found

Question 17

population

Answer 17

all the members of a species in a certain area

Question 18

community

Answer 18

organisms interact among themselves

Question 19

biodiversity

Answer 19

encompasses total number of species, the variability of their genes, and ecosystem in which they live.

Question 20

phenomenon

Answer 20

natural events

Question 21

inductive reasoning

Answer 21

uses creative reasoning to combine isolateed facts into a cohesive whole

Question 22

deductive reasoning

Answer 22

involves “if…then” logic