Portage Learning BIOD 101 Module 2 Exam comprehensive questions |
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
What is an organism? - (ANSWER)An individual living creature
What are the 7 common characteristics of organisms? - (ANSWER)order, evolutionary adaptation,
regulation, energy processing, growth and development, response to environment, reproduction
What is the characteristic "order"? - (ANSWER)Life is structured into a developmental hierarchy
The ____ itself is highly ordered as it contains organelles, a dedicated cytoplasmic space, conducts
metabolic processes, and undergoes microscale adaptions. - (ANSWER)cell
What is evolutionary adaptation? - (ANSWER)Smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of
an organism.
Evolutionary adaptation should not be confused with...? - (ANSWER)Species evolution
What is an example of evolutionary adaptation? - (ANSWER)Color camouflage
What is another name for evolutionary adaptation? - (ANSWER)Generational evolution
What is regulation? - (ANSWER)The ability for a living organism to maintain optimal living conditions
Living organisms are sensitive to...? - (ANSWER)Temperature, environmental stress, pH requirements
What is homeostasis? - (ANSWER)Maintaining set points of living conditions
,Portage Learning BIOD 101 Module 2 Exam comprehensive questions |
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
What is an example of regulation? - (ANSWER)Shivering to regulate body heat
What is energy processing? - (ANSWER)How an organism utilizes biochemical reactions to produce
energy
What is the sum of an organism's biochemical reactions referred to? - (ANSWER)Metabolism
What is ATP? - (ANSWER)Biological fuel or energy
What type of metabolism do many prokaryotes use? - (ANSWER)Anaerobic
What is photosynthesis? - (ANSWER)A plant using light to trap energy
Many prokaryotes metabolize ____? - (ANSWER)Organic substances
What type of metabolism do animals use? - (ANSWER)Aerobic
Animals ____ and use ____ as part of aerobic respiration to produce ATP - (ANSWER)ingest food,
biomacromolecules
What is growth and development? - (ANSWER)Change over a life cycle. A living thing grows, matures,
ages, and dies.
Living things respond to their environment through...? - (ANSWER)adaption
, Portage Learning BIOD 101 Module 2 Exam comprehensive questions |
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
What is adaption? - (ANSWER)A change or process that allows an organism to become better suited for
their environment
adaptions can be ____ or ____ - (ANSWER)Physical, behavioral
What is a stimulus? - (ANSWER)anything that causes an organism to respond
What is an example of a physical adaption? - (ANSWER)A crab's hard shell
What is an example of a behavioral adaption? - (ANSWER)A squirrel hibernating
What is reproduction? - (ANSWER)A living thing's way of producing new and thriving generations to
replace previous ones
Reproduction can occur ____ or ____ - (ANSWER)Sexually or asexually
What does sexual reproduction involve? - (ANSWER)Fusion of two gametes that unite and grow into
new offspring
What does asexual reproduction produce? - (ANSWER)New offspring from a single organism
What are examples of asexual reproduction? - (ANSWER)Spore formation, binary fission, vegetative
reproduction, budding, fragmentation
What organisms use spore formation? - (ANSWER)Protozoa, bacteria, plans, fungi
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
What is an organism? - (ANSWER)An individual living creature
What are the 7 common characteristics of organisms? - (ANSWER)order, evolutionary adaptation,
regulation, energy processing, growth and development, response to environment, reproduction
What is the characteristic "order"? - (ANSWER)Life is structured into a developmental hierarchy
The ____ itself is highly ordered as it contains organelles, a dedicated cytoplasmic space, conducts
metabolic processes, and undergoes microscale adaptions. - (ANSWER)cell
What is evolutionary adaptation? - (ANSWER)Smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of
an organism.
Evolutionary adaptation should not be confused with...? - (ANSWER)Species evolution
What is an example of evolutionary adaptation? - (ANSWER)Color camouflage
What is another name for evolutionary adaptation? - (ANSWER)Generational evolution
What is regulation? - (ANSWER)The ability for a living organism to maintain optimal living conditions
Living organisms are sensitive to...? - (ANSWER)Temperature, environmental stress, pH requirements
What is homeostasis? - (ANSWER)Maintaining set points of living conditions
,Portage Learning BIOD 101 Module 2 Exam comprehensive questions |
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
What is an example of regulation? - (ANSWER)Shivering to regulate body heat
What is energy processing? - (ANSWER)How an organism utilizes biochemical reactions to produce
energy
What is the sum of an organism's biochemical reactions referred to? - (ANSWER)Metabolism
What is ATP? - (ANSWER)Biological fuel or energy
What type of metabolism do many prokaryotes use? - (ANSWER)Anaerobic
What is photosynthesis? - (ANSWER)A plant using light to trap energy
Many prokaryotes metabolize ____? - (ANSWER)Organic substances
What type of metabolism do animals use? - (ANSWER)Aerobic
Animals ____ and use ____ as part of aerobic respiration to produce ATP - (ANSWER)ingest food,
biomacromolecules
What is growth and development? - (ANSWER)Change over a life cycle. A living thing grows, matures,
ages, and dies.
Living things respond to their environment through...? - (ANSWER)adaption
, Portage Learning BIOD 101 Module 2 Exam comprehensive questions |
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
What is adaption? - (ANSWER)A change or process that allows an organism to become better suited for
their environment
adaptions can be ____ or ____ - (ANSWER)Physical, behavioral
What is a stimulus? - (ANSWER)anything that causes an organism to respond
What is an example of a physical adaption? - (ANSWER)A crab's hard shell
What is an example of a behavioral adaption? - (ANSWER)A squirrel hibernating
What is reproduction? - (ANSWER)A living thing's way of producing new and thriving generations to
replace previous ones
Reproduction can occur ____ or ____ - (ANSWER)Sexually or asexually
What does sexual reproduction involve? - (ANSWER)Fusion of two gametes that unite and grow into
new offspring
What does asexual reproduction produce? - (ANSWER)New offspring from a single organism
What are examples of asexual reproduction? - (ANSWER)Spore formation, binary fission, vegetative
reproduction, budding, fragmentation
What organisms use spore formation? - (ANSWER)Protozoa, bacteria, plans, fungi
