BIO 156 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

BIO 156 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

●● characteristics of living things
Answer: organized, need nutrients and energy, respond to stimuli,
reproduce and develop, adapt


●● Scientific process
Answer: observation, hypothesis, experiment/further observation, data,
conclusion


●● homeostasis
Answer: internal balance, process by which organisms maintain a
relatively stable internal environment


●● element
Answer: 92 natural occurring, Carbon hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen,
phosphorus, sulfur


●● CHNOPS
Answer: Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Sulfur

, ●● atom
Answer: smallest particle of elements


●● atomic number
Answer: number of neutrons in the atom


●● atomic mass
Answer: neutrons + protons


●● periodic table
Answer: vertical- groups, chemically similar
horizontal- periods, larger and larger


●● isotopes
Answer: atoms of the same element that have different numbers of
neutrons


●● electron shells
Answer: different energy levels referred to as electron shells


●● oclet rule
Answer: inner shell has 2 orbitals, others have 8, or multiples of 8