Biology C190 Set 1

Question 1

Biology

Answer 1

scientific study of life and is the branch of science that studies living organisms and the way organisms’ interest with their environments

Question 2

Cell

Answer 2

use energy and raw materials to survive; sense and respond to changing environments to maintain homeostasis; grow, develop, reproduce; be part of a population that evolves

Question 3

Biotic

Answer 3

living or having lived

Question 4

Abiotic

Answer 4

nonliving and never having been alive

Question 5

Levels of Organization

Answer 5

Atoms, molecule, organelles, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere

Question 6

Macromolecules

Answer 6

biologically important molecules that are technically polymers

Question 7

Polymers

Answer 7

combining smaller units called monomers

Question 8

Monomers

Answer 8

simpler macromolecules

Question 9

Prokaryotes

Answer 9

relatively small and simple; do not have any defined compartments inside of them

Question 10

Eukaryotes

Answer 10

include membrane-bound organelles

Question 11

Organelles

Answer 11

compartments inside the cell that contain specific groups of macromolecules and carry out specific cellular functions

Question 12

Nucleus

Answer 12

encloses the DNA within the cell

Question 13

Single celled organism/microorganisms

Answer 13

bacteria and protists

Question 14

Tissues

Answer 14

formed when similar cells work together to fulfill the same detailed function

Question 15

Organs

Answer 15

collections of tissues that work together to carry out a common general function

Question 16

Organ system

Answer 16

higher level of organization that consists of functionally related organs

Question 17

Organisms

Answer 17

individual living entities that survive and reproduce as a unit

Question 18

Population

Answer 18

consists of all the individuals of a species living within a specific area

Question 19

Molecule

Answer 19

two or more atoms held together by a chemical bond

Question 20

Community

Answer 20

when populations can interact with each other in positive and negative ways

Question 21

Ecosystem

Answer 21

consists of all living things in a particular area together with the abiotic, or nonliving, parts of that environment

Question 22

Biomes

Answer 22

area of the Earth with similar characteristics of living and nonliving things

Question 23

Biosphere

Answer 23

habitable zones on the planet, including land, soil, and rocks to a great depth in the Earth’s crust; water and ice; and the atmosphere to a great height

Question 24

Viruses

Answer 24

Do not have energy and raw materials to grow and reproduce, evolve, grow, develop, reproduce, or meet the definition of a cell

Question 25

Which level of organization can have biotic property?

Answer 25

Organism, Community, Tissue, and Cell

Question 26

Which factors are abiotic?

Answer 26

Water and Sun

Question 27

Which factors are biotic?

Answer 27

Tress and grass