TAMU BIO 111 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE (CH 1-5)
WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS|
GUARANTEED A+.
What is a Eukaryotic Cell?
Celal containing a nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles ✔✔
What is a Prokaryotic Cell?
Cell that lacks a nucleus or other membrane-enclosed organelles ✔✔
What are the Levels of Biological Organization?
Atoms, Molecules, Cells, Organelles, Tissues ✔✔
What are the Biological Domains?
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya ✔✔
What is the Reductionist Approach in Biology?
Biologically break everything down into the simplest possible components ✔✔
What is the Systems Biology Approach?
Tie small parts back together into a whole. ✔✔
What are the three things evolution needs to work?
1. Variation in a population
2. A way for variation to be inherited
, 3. Differential effect of the environment on the variation ✔✔
What is Science?
To know nature ✔✔
What are the Two Types of Biological Inquiry?
1. Discovery Science (Inductive)
2. Hypothesis-Based Science (Deductive) ✔✔
What is a Scientific Theory?
1. Well-supported by a large body of evidence with testable ideas and objective data
2. Broad scope, supported by accumulated evidence from many hypotheses, leads to new
hypotheses, can be modified or rejected ✔✔
What is a Hypothesis?
A tentative answer to a well-framed question. (Testable, Falsifiable, Verifiable) ✔✔
What is an Element?
A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical means ✔✔
What is a Compound?
Made of two or more elements held together by chemical bonds and can have very different
properties from their constituent elements ✔✔
What is a Molecule?
Two or more atoms held together by a chemical bond ✔✔
WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS|
GUARANTEED A+.
What is a Eukaryotic Cell?
Celal containing a nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles ✔✔
What is a Prokaryotic Cell?
Cell that lacks a nucleus or other membrane-enclosed organelles ✔✔
What are the Levels of Biological Organization?
Atoms, Molecules, Cells, Organelles, Tissues ✔✔
What are the Biological Domains?
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya ✔✔
What is the Reductionist Approach in Biology?
Biologically break everything down into the simplest possible components ✔✔
What is the Systems Biology Approach?
Tie small parts back together into a whole. ✔✔
What are the three things evolution needs to work?
1. Variation in a population
2. A way for variation to be inherited
, 3. Differential effect of the environment on the variation ✔✔
What is Science?
To know nature ✔✔
What are the Two Types of Biological Inquiry?
1. Discovery Science (Inductive)
2. Hypothesis-Based Science (Deductive) ✔✔
What is a Scientific Theory?
1. Well-supported by a large body of evidence with testable ideas and objective data
2. Broad scope, supported by accumulated evidence from many hypotheses, leads to new
hypotheses, can be modified or rejected ✔✔
What is a Hypothesis?
A tentative answer to a well-framed question. (Testable, Falsifiable, Verifiable) ✔✔
What is an Element?
A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical means ✔✔
What is a Compound?
Made of two or more elements held together by chemical bonds and can have very different
properties from their constituent elements ✔✔
What is a Molecule?
Two or more atoms held together by a chemical bond ✔✔
