Final Exam Study Guide (INTRO CH. 1)

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

change in an organism to make it better suited to live in its environment

Question 2

Asexual Reproduction

Answer 2

a single cell divides and makes a copy of itself

Question 3

Development

Answer 3

all the changes that occur in a lifetime

Question 4

Energy

Answer 4

Exists in different forms but is neither created nor destroyed

Question 5

Environment

Answer 5

Surroundings that an organism lives in

Question 6

Ethics

Answer 6

A set of moral principles or values; a study of what is right and wrong

Question 7

Growth

Answer 7

Living organisms grow from the inside out, non living grow by adding to the outside

Question 8

Homeostasis

Answer 8

Balanced condition of the body

Question 9

Hypothesis

Answer 9

An educated guess of the outcome of a problem

Question 10

Response

Answer 10

A reaction to the stimulus

Question 11

Sexual Reproduction

Answer 11

The joining of 2 non identical cells to form one cell

Question 12

Species

Answer 12

A group of similar looking organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 13

Stimulus

Answer 13

Any condition in an environment that causes an organisms to adjust