Chapter 1: Themes Of Study In Biology

Question 1

What are the seven properties of life?

Answer 1

1: Order
2: Reproduction
3: Growth and Development
4: Energy Processing
5: Response to the Environment/Stimulus
6: Regulated internal environment
7: Evolutionary Adaption

Question 2

How can life be defined?

Answer 2

If it has all of the 7 characteristics of life then it is alive

Question 3

What is the biosphere?

Answer 3

All of the environments on Earth that support life

Question 4

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 4

An area consisting of not only living organisms, as well as all the no living things the organisms interact with.

Question 5

What is a community?

Answer 5

All the living organisms in an area

Question 6

What is a population?

Answer 6

All the animals of a particular species living in a certain area

Question 7

What is an organism?

Answer 7

A single living being

Question 8

What is an organ system?

Answer 8

A group of organs working together

Question 9

What is an organ?

Answer 9

Different types of tissue that work together to perform a task

Question 10

What is a tissue?

Answer 10

A group of similar cells that help perform a function

Question 11

What is a cell?

Answer 11

The smallest unit of life, all living things are made of cells

Question 12

What is an organelle?

Answer 12

A membrane enclosed structure that performs a task within the cell

Question 13

What is a molecule?

Answer 13

A cluster of atoms

Question 14

What are prokaryotic cells?

Answer 14

The first type of cell to evolve, much simpler than eukaryotes, they do not have a nucleus

Question 15

What are eukaryotic cells?

Answer 15

Second type of cell to evolve, more complex, membrane bound organelles, nucleus

Question 16

What is systems biology?

Answer 16

Understanding how something works based on the interactions of its parts.

Question 17

Why are cells the smallest unit of life?

Answer 17

They are the first to have all the properties of life.

Question 18

What is DNA?

Answer 18

Hereditary information that controls how a cell acts.

Question 19

How are genes and DNA connected

Answer 19

DNA is the chemical substance of genes

Question 20

How are genes organized?

Answer 20

They are grouped into chromosomes.

Question 21

Bacteria

Answer 21

• consists of prokaryotic cells
• single cells
• microscopic

Question 22

What are archaea

Answer 22

• prokaryotes
• single celled
• microscopic
• live in extreme environments

Question 23

What are protists?

Answer 23

• Eukaryotes

- Single celled

Question 24

What are Plantae?

Answer 24

• Plant kingdom

- Consists of photosynthetic eukaryotic plants

Question 25

What are Animilia?

Answer 25

- multicelled - eukaryotic - eat their own food

Question 26

What are Fungi?

Answer 26

- eukaryotes - multi celled - dissolve nutrients for food

Question 27

What is evolution?

Answer 27

The theory that all life evolved from a single ancestor, however over time adapted certain characteristics which made them more suitable for survival

Question 28

What is natural selection?

Answer 28

The theory that species that were best created for survival reproduce and give their children the same characteristics, over time certain traits are passed down