Chapter 1 course packet

Question 1

What are the 5 basic characteristics of life

Answer 1

1) Metabolism-obtain and use energy/materials
2) Sensing and responding to specific changes in the surrounding
3) Reproduction/growth
4) Cellular structure/organization
5) Homeostasis/adaptation

Question 2

6 kingdoms of life are

Answer 2

1) Protists
2) Animals
3) Archaea
4) Fungi
5) Bacteria
6) Plants

Question 3

Hierarchy of biological organization

Answer 3

1) Atom
2) Molecule
3) Cell
4) Tissue
5) Organ
6) Organ system
7) Organism
8) Population
9) Community
10) Ecosystem
11) Biosphere

Question 4

Scientific method

Answer 4

1) Observation
2) Hypothesis
3) Prediction
4) Test- controlled experiment (experimental group with a variable and then a control group with no variable)
5) Results>conclusions
6) More tests
7) Scientific theory