Biology Final Exam Review questions and answers
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abiotic - ✅✅non-living
autotroph - ✅✅An organism that makes its own food.
asexual reproduction - ✅✅a reproductive process that involves only one
parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent
biotic - ✅✅living
biosphere - ✅✅Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which
life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
cell specialization - ✅✅Cells throughout an organism can develop in different
ways to perform different tasks.
cell differentation - ✅✅Process by which cells become different types of cells
carbon cycle - ✅✅Cyclic movement of carbon in different chemical forms from
the environment to organisms and then back to the environment.
cell differentiation - ✅✅the process by which a cell becomes specialized for a
specific structure or function
, chemical bond - ✅✅the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together
where the energy in a compound is stored
chromosome pair - ✅✅identical copies of a single chromosome
copy of mom chromosome 1 next to mom chromosome 1
consumer - ✅✅an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
deletion - ✅✅the loss of a part of DNA from a chromosome
detritivore - ✅✅An organism (like the earthworm) that feeds on decaying
matter after it has been broken down by decomposers.
DNA - ✅✅deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information
about an organism that is passed from parent to offspring AND is used by an
individual as the recipe for making proteins
DNA sequence - ✅✅The sequence, or order, in which the nitrogenous bases
adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T) are arranged in a gene or a
DNA fragment, or in an organism's genome.
double helix - ✅✅two strands of nucleotides wound about each other;
structure of DNA
Graded A+ latest updates
abiotic - ✅✅non-living
autotroph - ✅✅An organism that makes its own food.
asexual reproduction - ✅✅a reproductive process that involves only one
parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent
biotic - ✅✅living
biosphere - ✅✅Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which
life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
cell specialization - ✅✅Cells throughout an organism can develop in different
ways to perform different tasks.
cell differentation - ✅✅Process by which cells become different types of cells
carbon cycle - ✅✅Cyclic movement of carbon in different chemical forms from
the environment to organisms and then back to the environment.
cell differentiation - ✅✅the process by which a cell becomes specialized for a
specific structure or function
, chemical bond - ✅✅the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together
where the energy in a compound is stored
chromosome pair - ✅✅identical copies of a single chromosome
copy of mom chromosome 1 next to mom chromosome 1
consumer - ✅✅an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
deletion - ✅✅the loss of a part of DNA from a chromosome
detritivore - ✅✅An organism (like the earthworm) that feeds on decaying
matter after it has been broken down by decomposers.
DNA - ✅✅deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information
about an organism that is passed from parent to offspring AND is used by an
individual as the recipe for making proteins
DNA sequence - ✅✅The sequence, or order, in which the nitrogenous bases
adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T) are arranged in a gene or a
DNA fragment, or in an organism's genome.
double helix - ✅✅two strands of nucleotides wound about each other;
structure of DNA
