Ch. 1 The Science Of Biology

Question 1

What are the characteristics of the Kingdom Archaebacteria?

Answer 1

Unicellular
prokaryotic
Found in extreme environments (hold, cold, salty)
Most ancient form of organism

Question 2

Where can you find Archaebacteria?

Answer 2

In extreme conditions (hot, cold, salty)

Question 3

What is methanogenic bacterium?

Answer 3

Found in the archaebacterium kingdom and manufactures methane because of its metabolic activity

Question 4

What are the characteristics of the Kingdom Eubacteria?

Answer 4

Single celled
prokaryotic
Responsible for many disease

Question 5

What are the characteristics of the Kingdom Protista?

Answer 5

Unicellular
eukaryotic
photosynthesize

Question 6

What are the characteristics of the Kingdom Fungi?

Answer 6

Non-photosynthetic
multicellular
eukaryotic

Question 7

How do fungi obtain energy?

Answer 7

Through the decomposition of food externally

Question 8

What are the characteristics of the Kingdom Plantae?

Answer 8

Photosynthetic
Multicellular
Eukaryotic

Question 9

What are the characteristics of the Kingdom Animila?

Answer 9

Multicellular
Eukaryotic
Digest food internally

Question 10

What are some properties that all living things must share?

Answer 10

All living things must be complex, able to move, and respond to stimulation

Question 11

What is a cell?

Answer 11

Tiny compartment surrounded by a membrane that can have a simple or complex interior and must be able to reproduce

Question 12

What is metabolism?

Answer 12

Chemical process that extracts energy from a food source

Question 13

How does metabolism work?

Answer 13

Plants and algae capture energy from the sun and turn it into food for themselves and those who consume it

Question 14

Why is homeostasis important?

Answer 14

To keep the interior of all living things constant

Question 15

Do all living things reproduce?

Answer 15

Yes, even the most simple of bacteria can split in two

Question 16

What determines the way in which an organism will look, act, ect?

Answer 16

The order of the subunits that make up the DNA

Question 17

How does the DNA dictate the characteristics of the organism?

Answer 17

Genes are the specific instruction within the DNA

Question 18

What is heredity?

Answer 18

Transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring

Question 19

What is the hierarchy of increasing complexity within cells?

Answer 19

Molecule, macromolecule, organelle, cell

Question 20

What is the hierarchy of increasing complexity within multicellular organisms?

Answer 20

Tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Question 21

What is the hierarchy of increasing complexity amongst organisms?

Answer 21

Population, species, community, ecosystem

Question 22

How does energy get used by living organisms?

Answer 22

Most organisms obtain energy from the sun and it gets used up as it passes through the ecosystem

Question 23

Does the amount of energy increase or decrease as it moves through the ecosystem?

Answer 23

Energy decreases at moves through each trophic level

Question 24

What is photosynthesis?

Answer 24

Plants and algae convert light energy captured from sun into chemical energy for other uses

Question 25

What is a symbiotic relationship?

Answer 25

A relationship in which both species benefit

Bees & flowers

Question 26

What is a commensalism relationship?

Answer 26

Only one species benefits (whales and barnacles)

Question 27

What is a parasitic relationship?

Answer 27

One species benefit and the other suffers (Tapeworm, mosquitoes, mistletoe)