Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the appropriate term for an individual group of species living within a defined area?

Answer 1

population

Question 2

which series of terms is in the correct sequence of biological organization, from most simple to most complex?

Answer 2

cell, tissue, organ, organism, population, community

Question 3

emergent properties of living systems are defined as properties that

Answer 3

are due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases

Question 4

sequencing a protein to discover the sequence of amino acids that make it up is an example of _____. Understanding how that protein works with other proteins in a cell is an example of _____.

Answer 4

reduction…systems biology

Question 5

reduction

Answer 5

seeks to reduce complex systems to simpler more manageable components.

Question 6

systems biology

Answer 6

seeks to understand how all the parts function together

Question 7

in an ecosystem, nutrients ____ and energy _____.

Answer 7

cycle…flows through

nutrients are always recycled. Energy flows through the system, typically entering as solar energy and leaving as heat

Question 8

how is information encoded by DNA actually used by organisms

Answer 8

transcribed to mRNA—–> translated to protein

Question 9

natural selection tends to act at which level?

Answer 9

population

Question 10

induction

Answer 10

moves from a set of specific observations to reach a general conclusion

Question 11

deduction

Answer 11

if…then

general to specific