Studying life

Question 1

Hierarchy of Biological Classification?

Answer 1

Cells - Tissues - Organs - Organ System - Organisms - Population

Question 2

Homeostasis?

Answer 2

ability of living organisms to maintain a stable internal environment despite external changes.

Question 3

What makes up a “living thing”?

Answer 3

1. Capacity to reproduce
2. Harness, store, use energy
3. interact with their environment
4. evolve
5. die

Question 4

Are viruses considered living?

Answer 4

No, because they are not composed of cells and cannot carry out physiological functions on their own

Question 5

Deductive Knowledge

Answer 5

Making predictions based on reasoning

Question 6

Inductive Knowledge

Answer 6

Deriving general principles from reproducible facts

Question 7

Scientific Process?

Answer 7

1. Make observations
2. Form a hypothesis
3. Devise tests for hypothesis
4. Execute tests and Analyse
5. Conclusion

Question 8

Levels of Biological Classification

Answer 8

Domain - Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species

Question 9

Who came up with the system of Binomial Nomenclature?

Answer 9

Carl Linnaeus

Question 10

Parts of Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 10

First name: Genus
Second name: Species

Question 11

Ability of cells to use energy and small molecules to maintain self, grow and reproduce?

Answer 11

Metabolism

Question 12

Energy?

Answer 12

Light, heat, Chemical nutrients that receptors can detect

Question 13

All genetic information of an individual is its

Answer 13

Genome