VOCAB: Unit 7

Question 1

Cells**

Answer 1

All organisms that have the essential characteristics of life are composed of discrete units

Question 2

Nucleic Acids**

Answer 2

Composed of sugar, a phosphate group and, a nitrogen compound, which are bonded together in complex patterns

Question 3

Mutant

Answer 3

Genes produced in offspring that contain mutation(s) are called mutant genes, and often the individual

Question 4

Life** CRMSA

Answer 4

Cellular organisms:

1. that are carbon- and water-based
2. that contain genetic information sufficient to reproduce
3. that possess the abilities to undergo metabolism
4. that respond to stimuli
5. that adapt (through natural selection) to their environment in successive generations

Question 5

Primordial Soup**

Answer 5

Earth’s first oceans filled with a rich mixture of organic compounds