INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY ASSESSMENT TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Life.
Answer: Organized systems that exhibit order, response to stimuli,
reproduction, adaptation, growth and development,
regulation/homeostasis, energy processing, and evolution.
◉ Order.
Answer: The highly organized structure of living systems from
atoms to biosphere.
◉ Response to stimuli.
Answer: The ability of an organism to react to environmental
changes (example: plant bending toward light).
◉ Reproduction.
Answer: The process by which organisms produce offspring and
pass on DNA.
◉ Adaptation.
, Answer: Traits that increase an organism's reproductive success in
its environment.
◉ Growth and development.
Answer: Genetically directed increase in size and complexity over
time.
◉ Homeostasis.
Answer: Maintenance of stable internal conditions despite external
changes.
◉ Energy processing.
Answer: The ability to obtain and use energy to maintain life
(example: photosynthesis, cellular respiration).
◉ Evolution.
Answer: Change in populations over generations due to mutations
and natural selection.
◉ Atom.
Answer: The smallest unit of an element that retains its properties.
◉ Element.