BIOLOGY 111 – EXAMINATION
INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY ASSESSMENT COVERING CELL
BIOLOGY, GENETICS, EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND HUMAN
PHYSIOLOGY
FOUNDATIONAL COLLEGE-LEVEL EXAMINATION DESIGNED TO
EVALUATE CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, SCIENTIFIC
REASONING, AND APPLICATION OF CORE BIOLOGICAL
PRINCIPLES
SPRING SEMESTER EXAM [2025/2026]
Taxonomy
The scientific study of how living things are classified and named
Phylogeny
Evolutionary history of a species or group of species.
What did an organism evolve from?
What species is an organism most closely related to.
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All Life Shares
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, o The same genetic material (RNA, DNA)
o Nearly universal genetic code
o The same basic process of gene expression
o The same molecular building blocks
o The presence of ribosomes
Evolution
the change in populations throughout earths history.
Darwin
Developed the theory of evolution, added natural selection.
Wallace
Sent a letter to Darwin with similar ideas.
relative fitness
the survival and/or reproductive rate of a genotype (or phenotype) relative to the maximum
survival and/or reproductive rate of other genotypes in the population.
Common elements of life
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o Carbon
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, o Oxygen
o Hydrogen
o Nitrogen
Atoms
· the smallest unit of matter that still retains he properties of an element
Neutrons
the particles of the nucleus that have no charge
Protons
Positively charged particles
Electrons
Negatively charged particles. Surround nucleus in a "cloud"
protons and neutrons
found in the nucleus
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atomic number
INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY ASSESSMENT COVERING CELL
BIOLOGY, GENETICS, EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND HUMAN
PHYSIOLOGY
FOUNDATIONAL COLLEGE-LEVEL EXAMINATION DESIGNED TO
EVALUATE CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, SCIENTIFIC
REASONING, AND APPLICATION OF CORE BIOLOGICAL
PRINCIPLES
SPRING SEMESTER EXAM [2025/2026]
Taxonomy
The scientific study of how living things are classified and named
Phylogeny
Evolutionary history of a species or group of species.
What did an organism evolve from?
What species is an organism most closely related to.
1
All Life Shares
Page
, o The same genetic material (RNA, DNA)
o Nearly universal genetic code
o The same basic process of gene expression
o The same molecular building blocks
o The presence of ribosomes
Evolution
the change in populations throughout earths history.
Darwin
Developed the theory of evolution, added natural selection.
Wallace
Sent a letter to Darwin with similar ideas.
relative fitness
the survival and/or reproductive rate of a genotype (or phenotype) relative to the maximum
survival and/or reproductive rate of other genotypes in the population.
Common elements of life
2
o Carbon
Page
, o Oxygen
o Hydrogen
o Nitrogen
Atoms
· the smallest unit of matter that still retains he properties of an element
Neutrons
the particles of the nucleus that have no charge
Protons
Positively charged particles
Electrons
Negatively charged particles. Surround nucleus in a "cloud"
protons and neutrons
found in the nucleus
3
Page
atomic number
