BIOD 101 Module 2 Study Guide 2025: Cellular Biology & Metabolism

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BIOD 101 MODULE 2 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026

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characteristics that differentiate living and nonliving things

.....Answer.....Order, Evolutionary Adaptation, Regulation, Energy

Processing, Growth and Development, Response to the

Environment, and Reproduction


evolutionary adaptation (or generational evolution)

.....Answer.....smaller, genetic changes that allow for better

survival of an organism


examples of regulatory processes .....Answer.....•shivering to

generate body heat in humans

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(T/F) Maintaining homeostasis is crucial so that living organisms

can thrive .....Answer.....True


deviations from the optimal conditions requires ______________

_______________ and show not be confused with adaptation

.....Answer.....regulatory processes


•regulation of blood flow through an organism


metabolism .....Answer.....sum of the biochemical reactions in a

living organism


in order to sustain life, biochemical reactions are utilized to

produce _______________. .....Answer.....energy


living organisms must obtain ______________ ________ or use

metabolic processes to produce their own energy

.....Answer.....biological fuel

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many prokaryotes use organic substances, metabolizing them via

____________________ ____________________.

.....Answer.....anaerobic respiration


highly ordered structures are comprised of the basic unit of life

which is the __________. .....Answer.....cell


plants use light to trap energy through the process of

__________________. .....Answer.....photosynthesis


animals ingest food & use biomacromolecules as apart of

anaerobic respiration to produce _____________ for

________________ _______________. .....Answer.....ATP;

cellular energy


the generation of new offspring is always accompanied by

distinct _______________ & ________________ changes

.....Answer.....growth; development

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adaptation .....Answer.....a change or a process that allows an

organism to become better suited for their environment


stimulus .....Answer.....anything that causes an organism to

respond


(T/F) Adaptations can be physical or behavioral

.....Answer.....True


an example of a physical adaptation .....Answer.....a crab's hard

shell


an example of a behavioral adaptation .....Answer.....a squirrel

hibernating through the winter


sexual reproduction .....Answer.....involves the fusion of two

gametes (one from each parent) that will unite and grow into a

new offspring