Biology 103 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WELL ANSWERED GRADED A+
(1) Orderliness, complexity, organization
(2) energy use and production, metabolism
(3) balance, homeostasis
(4) irritability, adaptation (evolution)
(5) reproduction, growth, development - correct answer ✔✔ What are the key characteristics of
living things?
metabolism - correct answer ✔✔ The sum of all the chemical reactions that take place in the
body is called _____.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Specific Epithet - correct answer ✔✔
Taxonomic Heirarchy (IN ORDER!)
genus and specific epithet - correct answer ✔✔ What two parts make up a scientific name?
The process that scientists use to evaluate ideas and information. - correct answer ✔✔ What is
the scientific method?
Observation, Information, Hypothesis, Repeated experimentation, conclusion, retest
conclusions - correct answer ✔✔ What are the parts of the scientific method?
The scientific naming and classifying of organisms - correct answer ✔✔ What is taxonomy?
,Binomial Nomenclature - correct answer ✔✔ What is the proper term for a scientific name?
Carl Linnaeus - correct answer ✔✔ Who developed binomial nomenclature?
scientific theory - correct answer ✔✔ A _____ _____ is a hypothesis that has withstood the test
of time and much experimentation
control group - correct answer ✔✔ In experiments, a _____ _____ is a group that is the same as
an experimental group except for one variable; used as a standard of comparison
basic unit of matter - correct answer ✔✔ What is an atom?
Protons (nucleus), Neutrons (nucleus), Electrons (electron shells). - correct answer ✔✔ What
are the 3 subatomic particles in an atom and where are they found?
positive - correct answer ✔✔ What is the charge of a proton?
neutral - correct answer ✔✔ What is the charge of a neutron?
negative - correct answer ✔✔ What is the charge of an electron?
It is the atomic number - correct answer ✔✔ What is the importance of the proton number in
an atom?
Electrons in the outermost shell, they determine the number of bonds that an atom will form -
correct answer ✔✔ What are valence electrons and what do they determine?
, Isotopes - correct answer ✔✔ _____ are atoms of the same element which have different
atomic weights because they have different numbers of neutrons
Adhesion - correct answer ✔✔ _____ is the clinging of one substance to another. This makes
water a particularly good solvent.
III and IV - correct answer ✔✔ I. Adenine, II Guanine, III Thymine, IV Cysosine: From the list of
nitrogenous bases above, which are pyrimidines?
element - correct answer ✔✔ A(n) _____ is a substance made of only one kind of atom, and
can't be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions
Starch - correct answer ✔✔ _____ is the energy-storing polysaccharide of plants.
lipids - correct answer ✔✔ Fats, oils, and waxes are all _____.
Electrons - correct answer ✔✔ _____ are negatively charged particles that orbit the nucleus of
an atom.
covalent - correct answer ✔✔ A(n) _____ bond involves the equal sharing of valence electrons.
unpaired electrons in its outermost electron shell - correct answer ✔✔ An atom can form as
many bonds as there are...?
Protons, neutrons - correct answer ✔✔ _____ bear a positive electrical charge, while _____
have no electrical charge.
electronegativity - correct answer ✔✔ The ability of an atom to attract electrons from another
atom is called _____.
WELL ANSWERED GRADED A+
(1) Orderliness, complexity, organization
(2) energy use and production, metabolism
(3) balance, homeostasis
(4) irritability, adaptation (evolution)
(5) reproduction, growth, development - correct answer ✔✔ What are the key characteristics of
living things?
metabolism - correct answer ✔✔ The sum of all the chemical reactions that take place in the
body is called _____.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Specific Epithet - correct answer ✔✔
Taxonomic Heirarchy (IN ORDER!)
genus and specific epithet - correct answer ✔✔ What two parts make up a scientific name?
The process that scientists use to evaluate ideas and information. - correct answer ✔✔ What is
the scientific method?
Observation, Information, Hypothesis, Repeated experimentation, conclusion, retest
conclusions - correct answer ✔✔ What are the parts of the scientific method?
The scientific naming and classifying of organisms - correct answer ✔✔ What is taxonomy?
,Binomial Nomenclature - correct answer ✔✔ What is the proper term for a scientific name?
Carl Linnaeus - correct answer ✔✔ Who developed binomial nomenclature?
scientific theory - correct answer ✔✔ A _____ _____ is a hypothesis that has withstood the test
of time and much experimentation
control group - correct answer ✔✔ In experiments, a _____ _____ is a group that is the same as
an experimental group except for one variable; used as a standard of comparison
basic unit of matter - correct answer ✔✔ What is an atom?
Protons (nucleus), Neutrons (nucleus), Electrons (electron shells). - correct answer ✔✔ What
are the 3 subatomic particles in an atom and where are they found?
positive - correct answer ✔✔ What is the charge of a proton?
neutral - correct answer ✔✔ What is the charge of a neutron?
negative - correct answer ✔✔ What is the charge of an electron?
It is the atomic number - correct answer ✔✔ What is the importance of the proton number in
an atom?
Electrons in the outermost shell, they determine the number of bonds that an atom will form -
correct answer ✔✔ What are valence electrons and what do they determine?
, Isotopes - correct answer ✔✔ _____ are atoms of the same element which have different
atomic weights because they have different numbers of neutrons
Adhesion - correct answer ✔✔ _____ is the clinging of one substance to another. This makes
water a particularly good solvent.
III and IV - correct answer ✔✔ I. Adenine, II Guanine, III Thymine, IV Cysosine: From the list of
nitrogenous bases above, which are pyrimidines?
element - correct answer ✔✔ A(n) _____ is a substance made of only one kind of atom, and
can't be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions
Starch - correct answer ✔✔ _____ is the energy-storing polysaccharide of plants.
lipids - correct answer ✔✔ Fats, oils, and waxes are all _____.
Electrons - correct answer ✔✔ _____ are negatively charged particles that orbit the nucleus of
an atom.
covalent - correct answer ✔✔ A(n) _____ bond involves the equal sharing of valence electrons.
unpaired electrons in its outermost electron shell - correct answer ✔✔ An atom can form as
many bonds as there are...?
Protons, neutrons - correct answer ✔✔ _____ bear a positive electrical charge, while _____
have no electrical charge.
electronegativity - correct answer ✔✔ The ability of an atom to attract electrons from another
atom is called _____.
