Biology Final Review

Question 1

What is the variety of life across the biosphere called?

Answer 1

biodiversity

Question 2

What is a reactant of photosynthesis?

Answer 2

CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)

Question 3

What do scientists test with observations and data?

Answer 3

hypotheses

Question 4

What molecule is broken down to make ATP?

Answer 4

carbohydrates

Question 5

What is the environment where different species interact with each other and other non-living things?

Answer 5

ecosystem

Question 6

What part of a cell is involved in endocytosis?

Answer 6

vesicle

Question 7

What is the smallest unit of matter?

Answer 7

atom

Question 8

What is the part of a cell that only plants have?

Answer 8

chloroplast

Question 9

What are the carbon-based molecules in organisms?

Answer 9

1. carbohydrates
2. lipids
3. nucleic acids
4. proteins

Question 10

What part of the cell supplies its energy?

Answer 10

mitochondria

Question 11

Where is the genetic information of a cell stored?

Answer 11

nucleus

Question 12

What tool is used to match chromosome pairs?

Answer 12

karyotype

Question 13

What is mitosis used for in single-celled organisms?

Answer 13

reproduction

Question 14

What will happen if a person is homozygous for a recessive allele that causes a disorder?

Answer 14

The person will have the disorder

Question 15

What says that organisms inherit two copies of of each gene and that they will donate them to offspring in predictable ratios?

Answer 15

Law of Segregation

Question 16

What is the name of all the genetic material that makes up a living thing?

Answer 16

genome

Question 17

What are the enzymes that cut DNA molecules?

Answer 17

restriction enzymes

Question 18

What is a group of organisms of the same species in the same area?

Answer 18

population

Question 19

Why do we have a scientific naming system?

Answer 19

Scientists can communicate no matter what language they speak.

Question 20

What are resources that can replenish themselves over time called?

Answer 20

renewable resources

Question 21

What are organisms that feed on dead or decaying matter called?

Answer 21

detritivores

Question 22

What is the layer of air surrounding Earth called?

Answer 22

atmosphere

Question 23

What is a relationship between two living things where one is helped by the relationship and the other is harmed?

Answer 23

parasitism

Question 24

What is our scientific naming system called?

Answer 24

binomial nomenclature

Question 25

What does a vascular system do for living things?

Answer 25

transport water and nutrients

Question 26

What is the term for naming and classifying living things?

Answer 26

taxonomy

Question 27

What makes plants green?

Answer 27

chlorophyll

Question 28

What do we use to fight bacterial infections?

Answer 28

antibiotics

Question 29

What is the difference between plants and green algae?

Answer 29

Plants are multicellular

Question 30

What is the genetic material of a virus?

Answer 30

RNA or DNA

Question 31

What is the term for an animal-like protist?

Answer 31

protozoa

Question 32

What is the name of an animal that makes silk and has eight legs?

Answer 32

arachnid

Question 33

What is the study of plants?

Answer 33

botany

Question 34

What covers an arthropod's body?

Answer 34

exoskeleton

Question 35

What type of tissue makes up the inside of a plant?

Answer 35

ground

Question 36

What does a young insect look like during incomplete metamorphosis

Answer 36

small adult

Question 37

What is the bonding of hydrogen in water molecules?

Answer 37

cohesion

Question 38

What process helps move water through the phloem of a plant?

Answer 38

osmosis

Question 39

What are the functions of plant stems?

Answer 39

1. provide structure and support 2. transport water and materials 3. store food and water

Question 40

Reptiles, birds, and mammals that produce embryos that develop in a fluid-filled sac are know as what?

Answer 40

amniotes

Question 41

What is the color of our skin that protects against UV rays from the sun?

Answer 41

melanin

Question 42

If a pillbug's random motion increases, what is that called?

Answer 42

kinesis

Question 43

What is the body's main source of energy?

Answer 43

carbohydrates

Question 44

What is the name of something that is made of different tissues?

Answer 44

organ

Question 45

What is the lowest level of organization in living things?

Answer 45

cell