FSW: BSC 1005 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the smallest living functional unit? - Answers - A Cell
List 3 Domains. - Answers - Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
What is the major difference between a protist and a bacterium? - Answers - Protist Has
A Nucleus
What defines a community from the ecosystem? - Answers - A Collection Of
Populations Of Different Species
Name two ecosystems in which an extremophile would be located. - Answers -
Hydrothermal Vents and Hot Springs
What is the smallest functional unit of an element called? - Answers - Atom
What is meant by Discovery Science? - Answers -
What are the four kingdoms found in the domain: eukarya? - Answers - Animalia,
Plantae, Fungi, and Protista
Which organelle is the largest in a cell? - Answers - The Nucleus
Name four properties of life. - Answers - Reproduction, Growth, Evolution, and
Form/Order
What is meant by a producer? - Answers - An Organism That Produces Its Own Food
Three examples of producers. - Answers - Phytoplankton, Plants, Algae
What is meant by a primary consumer? - Answers - An Organism That Eats Only
Producers
Three examples of primary consumers. - Answers - Rabbits, Grasshoppers, and
Caterpillars
What is a secondary consumer? - Answers - An Organism That Eats Primary
Consumers
Three examples of secondary consumers. - Answers - Fox, Hawks, Most Humans
How many elements are natural? - Answers - 92
, How many elements are found in nature? - Answers - 92
What is responsible for goiters? - Answers - Thyroid Gland
How do organisms obtain energy to support life? - Answers - Plants By Producing Their
Own Food and Other Organisms By Eating Food
How many elements are necessary for vertebrates (humans)? - Answers - 25
What term is used to describe iron and iodine? - Answers - Trace Elements
On the periodic table, how many elements are found? - Answers - 118
What health condition is associated with the lack of iron? - Answers - Anemia
How does an element get its atomic number assigned? - Answers - It Is Determined By
The Number Of Protons
What four elements make up the majority of the human body? - Answers - Hydrogen,
Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
Describe noble gases. - Answers - They Have A Very Stable Structure (a full outer
shells) So They Are Unreactive.
What makes noble gases noble? - Answers - They Barely React To Other Elements
Name four noble gases. - Answers - Helium, Neon, Argon, and Krypton
What determines the atomic mass (weight) of an element? - Answers - The Amount Of
Protons and Neutrons
How many electrons complete the first shell of an atom? - Answers - Two
How many electrons complete the second shell of an atom? - Answers - Eight
How many electrons complete the third shell of an atom? - Answers - Eight
Name the three bonds. - Answers - Covalent, Ionic, and Hydrogen
Starting with the Biosphere and getting smaller, go all the way down to atom. - Answers
- Biosphere, Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism, Organ System,
Organ, Tissue, Cell, Organelle, Molecule, Atom
Why are organelles not considered the smallest living unit of life? - Answers - It Is A
Small Part Inside Of The Cell That Has A Specific Job To Do
What is the smallest living functional unit? - Answers - A Cell
List 3 Domains. - Answers - Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
What is the major difference between a protist and a bacterium? - Answers - Protist Has
A Nucleus
What defines a community from the ecosystem? - Answers - A Collection Of
Populations Of Different Species
Name two ecosystems in which an extremophile would be located. - Answers -
Hydrothermal Vents and Hot Springs
What is the smallest functional unit of an element called? - Answers - Atom
What is meant by Discovery Science? - Answers -
What are the four kingdoms found in the domain: eukarya? - Answers - Animalia,
Plantae, Fungi, and Protista
Which organelle is the largest in a cell? - Answers - The Nucleus
Name four properties of life. - Answers - Reproduction, Growth, Evolution, and
Form/Order
What is meant by a producer? - Answers - An Organism That Produces Its Own Food
Three examples of producers. - Answers - Phytoplankton, Plants, Algae
What is meant by a primary consumer? - Answers - An Organism That Eats Only
Producers
Three examples of primary consumers. - Answers - Rabbits, Grasshoppers, and
Caterpillars
What is a secondary consumer? - Answers - An Organism That Eats Primary
Consumers
Three examples of secondary consumers. - Answers - Fox, Hawks, Most Humans
How many elements are natural? - Answers - 92
, How many elements are found in nature? - Answers - 92
What is responsible for goiters? - Answers - Thyroid Gland
How do organisms obtain energy to support life? - Answers - Plants By Producing Their
Own Food and Other Organisms By Eating Food
How many elements are necessary for vertebrates (humans)? - Answers - 25
What term is used to describe iron and iodine? - Answers - Trace Elements
On the periodic table, how many elements are found? - Answers - 118
What health condition is associated with the lack of iron? - Answers - Anemia
How does an element get its atomic number assigned? - Answers - It Is Determined By
The Number Of Protons
What four elements make up the majority of the human body? - Answers - Hydrogen,
Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
Describe noble gases. - Answers - They Have A Very Stable Structure (a full outer
shells) So They Are Unreactive.
What makes noble gases noble? - Answers - They Barely React To Other Elements
Name four noble gases. - Answers - Helium, Neon, Argon, and Krypton
What determines the atomic mass (weight) of an element? - Answers - The Amount Of
Protons and Neutrons
How many electrons complete the first shell of an atom? - Answers - Two
How many electrons complete the second shell of an atom? - Answers - Eight
How many electrons complete the third shell of an atom? - Answers - Eight
Name the three bonds. - Answers - Covalent, Ionic, and Hydrogen
Starting with the Biosphere and getting smaller, go all the way down to atom. - Answers
- Biosphere, Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism, Organ System,
Organ, Tissue, Cell, Organelle, Molecule, Atom
Why are organelles not considered the smallest living unit of life? - Answers - It Is A
Small Part Inside Of The Cell That Has A Specific Job To Do
