Chapter 1: The Study of Life

Question 1

Deductible Reasoning

Answer 1

If the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true

Question 2

The Common Properties of Life

Answer 2

Order, sensitivity/response to environment, reproduction, adaptation, growth/development, internal regulation/homeostasis, energy process, and evolution

Question 3

How is life organized into a hierarchy?

Answer 3

Atom to Molecule to Marcomolecules to Organelles to Cells to Tissues to Organ to Organ System to Organism to Populations to Communities to Ecosystem to Biosphere

Question 4

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 4

Specific observations generate a general conclusion

Question 5

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 5

General premises lead to a specific conclusion

Question 6

Steps of the Scientific Method

Answer 6

1. Observation
2. Make questions
3. Hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. Analyze and report results

Question 7

Describe a Hypothesis

Answer 7

An educational, testable statement

Question 8

Organisms that aren’t prokaryotes are

Answer 8

Eukryutes

Question 9

The smallest “living” biological structure

Answer 9

Cells

Question 10

The presence of a membrane-enclosed nucleus is a characteristic of

Answer 10

Eukryute Cells