BISC 1005 Final Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers for Accuracy
Question: abiotic
Answer: any substance that is not organic (ex gases, water,
minerals) non-living
Question: autotrophic
Answer: an organism that can produce its own organic
molecules, also known as food, from an abiotic source
Question: bacteria
Answer: a prokaryotic lineage of organisms that can interact
with your body and used in the production of food.
Question: biotic
Answer: anything that is living + organic substances
Question: cell
Answer: a self-contained functional unit of life
Question: cell Membrane
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Answer: the barrier that protects cells and manages which
substances go in or out
Question: chemoautotrophic
Answer: organisms that make their own food molecules from
chemical energy
Question: chemoheterotrophic
Answer: (humans!) organisms that use chemical energy to
break down the food to smaller bits so that we can absorb it and
make our own big molecules out of it. The process of being
chemoheterotrophic means that we have to consume already
existing organic molecules (food) and break them down using
chemical energy
Question: commensalistic relationship
Answer: an organism that has a relationship with another
organism where one gets something helpful and the other is
unaffected. Example: a barnacle on an oyster. The oyster isn't
helped out, but the barnacle gets a place to stay
Question: Competitive Relationship
Answer: an interaction between two organisms where both are
harmed. Example: birds; they use the same resources
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Question: DNA
Answer: the molecule of inheritance
Question: ecosystem
Answer: any defined area with all its biotic and abiotic
components
Question: energy
Answer: the inherent quality to cause change
Question: kinetic energy
Answer: energy that is being used
Question: potential energy
Answer: energy that is being stored
Question: thermal energy
Answer: kinetic energy associated with the random movement
of atoms and molecules
Question: chemical energy
Answer: potential energy available for release in a chemical
reaction
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Question: eukaryotes
Answer: any organism that has a complex, compartmentalized
cellular structure
Question: evolution
Answer: the process of change in groups at the basic level
populations over time
Question: exploitive relationship
Answer: one organism profits and the other is harmed to
varying degrees. Examples: herbivores, predators, and parasites
Question: food
Answer: an organic molecule that can be used for energy
production
Question: food web
Answer: a diagram of food relationships among species in an
ecosystem. it's different from a food chain, which shows only
the organisms that are the diet of the top consumer
Question: herbivore
Answer: an organism that eats vegetation