USAFA Bio 215 Block 1 Exam || Questions & Answers (Graded A+)

USAFA Bio 215 Block 1 Exam || Questions & Answers (Graded A+) USAFA Bio 215 Block 1 Exam || Questions & Answers (Graded A+) How do hypotheses differ from theories? - ANSWER - Theories are more comprehensive than hypotheses. Select the appropriate Principle of Biology: Your DNA codes for the creation of insulin (protein) in pancreatic cells used to help regulate blood sugar in the body. You inherited this code from your parents and will pass the code on to your kids. - ANSWER - Information Flow, Exchange, and Storage Select the appropriate Principle of Biology: The branched structure in your lungs provides high surface area over which a very high volume of air may pass. - ANSWER - Structure and Function Select the appropriate Principle of Biology: Fungi are decomposers that breakdown waste and the remains of dead organisms, changing complex molecules into simple nutrients making nutrients available for plants to take up from the soil. - ANSWER - pathways & transformation of energy and matter What best describes a theory? - ANSWER - A comprehensive explanation of natural phenomena supported by abundant evidence Select the appropriate Principle of Biology: Changing weather patterns and water levels has increased the range of several species of disease-causing mosquitoes bringing illness to parts of the world not previously affected by the disease. - ANSWER - Systems A hypothesis is a(n)? - ANSWER - tentative answer to a question Select the appropriate Principle of Biology: All mammals have hair and produce milk through mammary glands. We would expect such similar characteristics in all mammals descended from a common ancestor (first mammal). - ANSWER - Evolution A fat molecule is composed of two types of smaller molecules: _______ and fatty acids. - ANSWER - glycerol _____ are the monomers from which large proteins are constructed. - ANSWER - Amino acids Science is ________. - ANSWER - the inquiry-based effort to describe and explain nature ___________ are a major component of cell membranes. They form a bilayer with their hydrophobic tails mingling together and their hydrophilic heads facing the watery environment on both sides of the membrane. - ANSWER - phospholipids Starch is a ___________ and its function is ___________.