Chapter 1 - Study of Life

Question 1

What are the basic characteristics of life?

Answer 1

Growth, Reproduction, Homeostasis, Sense and Response to Stimuli, Obtain and Use Energy, Evolution Adaptation, Order

Question 2

What is a controlled experiment?

Answer 2

Controlled experiments use experimental control groups and control groups to test a hypothesis.

Question 3

Purpose of discovery-based/Inductive science?

Answer 3

To give an explanation through observation.

Question 4

Purpose of hypothesis-based/Deductive science?

Answer 4

To test out possibilities from a potential explanation.

Question 5

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 5

a tentative answer to a well-framed question

Question 6

What is a scientific theory?

Answer 6

Broad scope, supported by accumulated evidence from many hypotheses, leads to new hypotheses, that can be modified or rejected.

Question 7

The hierarchical categorization of living matter from atoms to the biosphere.

Answer 7

Atom, molecules, macromolecules, organelles, cells, prokaryotes, eukaryotes, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biosphere.

Question 8

Compare/Contrast
Prokaryotic cell type
Eukaryotic cell type

Answer 8

Prokaryotes are single-celled or colonial organisms that do not have membrane-bound nuclei.
Eukaryotes do have membrane-bound organelles and a membrane-bound nucleus.

Question 9

Three Domains

Answer 9

Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya