BIOL 1001 EXAM 1 (CH 1-5) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Levels of Biological organization (most complex to least) - ANS Biosphere, Ecosystem,
community, species, populations, multicellular organisms
smallest unit of life - ANS Cell
Scientific method - ANS observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, experiments,
conclusion
a general explanation for important natural phenomena - ANS scientific theory
a generalization is created from many observations - ANS inductive reasoning
the process of generating hypotheses based on a well-supported generalization (ex. Theory) -
ANS deductive reasoning
formulated the bases of our modern understanding of evolution - ANS Charles Darwin and
Alfred Wallace
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, three natural processes of evolution - ANS Genetic, inheritance, natural selection
segments in DNA - ANS genes
errors in copying DNA causing members of a species to be slightly different - ANS mutation
preserves genes that help organisms flourish - ANS natural selection
structures, physiological process, or behaviors that aid in survival and reproduction -
ANS adaptations
a variety in a species - ANS biodiversity
the quality that distinguishes a vital and functioning being from a dead body - ANS life
both complex and organize - ANS living things
sum total of all the chemical reactions needed to sustain life - ANS metabolism
two ways organisms obtain energy - ANS autotrophs and heterotrophs
maintenance of relatively constant internal conditions - ANS homeostasis
organisms give rise to offspring of the same time - ANS reproduction
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Levels of Biological organization (most complex to least) - ANS Biosphere, Ecosystem,
community, species, populations, multicellular organisms
smallest unit of life - ANS Cell
Scientific method - ANS observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, experiments,
conclusion
a general explanation for important natural phenomena - ANS scientific theory
a generalization is created from many observations - ANS inductive reasoning
the process of generating hypotheses based on a well-supported generalization (ex. Theory) -
ANS deductive reasoning
formulated the bases of our modern understanding of evolution - ANS Charles Darwin and
Alfred Wallace
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, three natural processes of evolution - ANS Genetic, inheritance, natural selection
segments in DNA - ANS genes
errors in copying DNA causing members of a species to be slightly different - ANS mutation
preserves genes that help organisms flourish - ANS natural selection
structures, physiological process, or behaviors that aid in survival and reproduction -
ANS adaptations
a variety in a species - ANS biodiversity
the quality that distinguishes a vital and functioning being from a dead body - ANS life
both complex and organize - ANS living things
sum total of all the chemical reactions needed to sustain life - ANS metabolism
two ways organisms obtain energy - ANS autotrophs and heterotrophs
maintenance of relatively constant internal conditions - ANS homeostasis
organisms give rise to offspring of the same time - ANS reproduction
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