Chapter 1 Quiz

Question 1

Biology

Answer 1

The Scientific study of all forms of life

Question 2

Producer

Answer 2

Organisms that use light or chemicals as energy to grow

Question 3

Consumers

Answer 3

Animals that feed on producers

Question 4

Prokaryotic Cell

Answer 4

Cells that do not have a nucleus nor other membrane-enclosed organelles

Question 5

Eukaryotic Cell

Answer 5

Cell type with a nucleus and various membrane-enclosed organelles

Question 6

Reductionism

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Hypothesis

Answer 7

A tentative answer to a scientific question which must be tested

Question 8

Theory

Answer 8

A broad, overarching answer to s scientific answer which has supported by a massive body of evidence that can spur many new hypotheses

Question 9

Biosphere

Answer 9

All the living and nonliving things on the planet earth

Question 10

Ecosystem

Answer 10

All Living and nonliving things in a given area

Question 11

Communities

Answer 11

All Organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem

Question 12

Populations

Answer 12

All individuals of a species living in a specific area

Question 13

Organism

Answer 13

Individual Living things

Question 14

Organ/Organ Systems

Answer 14

A body part consisting of two or more tissues

Question 15

Tissue

Answer 15

A group of like shaped and sized cell which are designed for a specific function

Question 16

Cells

Answer 16

Basic unit of life

Question 17

Organelles

Answer 17

Various functional components that make up the cell

Question 18

Molecules

Answer 18

A chemical structure consisting of two or more atoms

Question 19

Atom

Answer 19

Basic unit of matter