Chapter 1: Exploring Life

Question 1

organisms, such as animals, that feed on producers and other consumers

Answer 1

cosumers

Question 2

DNA is the substance of ______, the units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring

Answer 2

genes

Question 3

The entire “library” of genetic instructiond that an organism inherits

Answer 3

genome

Question 4

subdivided by internal membranes into various membrane-enclosed organelles including chloroplasts

Answer 4

Eukaryotic cell

Question 5

Dna is not separated from the rest of the cell by enclosure in a membrane bounded nucleus

Answer 5

Prokaryotic cell

Question 6

Example of ______ are cells, organisms, and ecosystems

Answer 6

system

Question 7

due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases

Answer 7

emergent properties

Question 8

reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study

Answer 8

Reductionalism

Question 9

Ultimate goal of __________ is to model the dynamic behavior or whole biological systems

Answer 9

systems biology

Question 10

accumaltion of a end product of a process slows that process

Answer 10

negative feedback

Question 11

end product speeds up its production

Answer 11

positive feedback

Question 12

a search for information and explanation often focusing on specific questions

Answer 12

inquiry

Question 13

recorded observations

Answer 13

data

Question 14

Describes natural structures and processes as accurately as possible through careful observation and analysis of data

Answer 14

discovery science

Question 15

mostly about explaining nature

Answer 15

hypothesis based science

Question 16

often in the form of recorded descriptions rather than numerical measurements

Answer 16

qualitative

Question 17

generally recorded as measurements

Answer 17

quantitative data

Question 18

derive generalizations based on a large number of specific observations

Answer 18

inductive reasoning

Question 19

a tentative answer to a well framed question

Answer 19

hypothesis

Question 20

the logic flows in the opposite direction, from the general to the specific

Answer 20

deductive reasoning

Question 21

• much broader in scope that a hypothesis
• general enough to spin off many new specific hypotheses that can be tested
• generally supported by a much more massive body of evidence

Answer 21

theory

Question 22

Plants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy

Answer 22

Producers