BIOLOGY 1406 EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1-3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
5 THEMES OF LIFE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. ORGANIZATION
2. INFORMATION
3. ENERGY AND MATTER
4. INTERACTION
5. EVOLUTION
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅BIOSPHERE, ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES,
POPULATIONS, ORGANISMS, ORGAN SYSTEMS, ORGANS, TISSUES, CELLS, ORGANELLES, MOLECULES.
PROPERTIES OF LIFE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ORDER
EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTION
RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT
REGULATION
ENERGY PROCESSING
GROWTH AND DEVELOPEMENT
REPRODUCTION
WHAT IS BIOLOGY - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅THE STUDY OF LIFE.
BIOSPHERE IS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CONSISTS OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH AND ALL THE PLACES WHERE
LIFE EXISTS.
ECOSYSTEMS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CONSISTS OF ALL LIVING THINGS IN A PARTICULAR AREA, ALONG
WITH ALL THE NONLIVING COMPONENTS THAT LIFE INTERACTS WITH.
COMMUNITIES: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CONSIST OF AN ARRAY OF ORGANISMS INHABITING THIS
PARTICULAR ECOSYSTEM.
, POPULATIONS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ALL INDIVIDUALS OF ONE SPECIFIC SPECIES LIVING WITHIN THE
BOUNDS OF A SPECIFIC AREA.
ORGANISMS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANY LIVING THING WITHIN A POPULATION. (OF THAT SPECIFIC
SPECIES)
ORGAN SYSTEM: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A TEAM OF ORGANS THAT COOPERATE IN A LARGER
FUNCTION.
ORGAN: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅BODY PART THAT CARRIES OUT A PARTICULAR FUNCTION.
TISSUES: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅GROUP OF CELLS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM A SPECIALIZED
FUNCTION.
CELLS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅LIFE'S FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
ORGANELLES: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CARIOUS FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS PRESENT IN CELLS.
MOLECULES: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A CHEMICAL STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE SMALL
CHEMICAL UNITS CALLED ATOMS.
REDUCTIONISM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"ZOOMING IN", REDUCTION OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS TO
SIMPLER COMPONENTS THAT ARE MORE MANAGEABLE TO STUDY.
EMERGENT PROPERTIES - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"ZOOMING OUT", RESULT FROM THE ARRANGEMENT
AND INTERACTION OF PARTS WITHIN A SYSTEM.
EUKARYOTIC CELL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED ORGANELLES.
PROKARYOTIC CELL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NO NUCLEUS OR OTHER MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED
ORGANELLES. SIMPLER, SMALLER
5 THEMES OF LIFE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. ORGANIZATION
2. INFORMATION
3. ENERGY AND MATTER
4. INTERACTION
5. EVOLUTION
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅BIOSPHERE, ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES,
POPULATIONS, ORGANISMS, ORGAN SYSTEMS, ORGANS, TISSUES, CELLS, ORGANELLES, MOLECULES.
PROPERTIES OF LIFE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ORDER
EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTION
RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT
REGULATION
ENERGY PROCESSING
GROWTH AND DEVELOPEMENT
REPRODUCTION
WHAT IS BIOLOGY - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅THE STUDY OF LIFE.
BIOSPHERE IS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CONSISTS OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH AND ALL THE PLACES WHERE
LIFE EXISTS.
ECOSYSTEMS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CONSISTS OF ALL LIVING THINGS IN A PARTICULAR AREA, ALONG
WITH ALL THE NONLIVING COMPONENTS THAT LIFE INTERACTS WITH.
COMMUNITIES: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CONSIST OF AN ARRAY OF ORGANISMS INHABITING THIS
PARTICULAR ECOSYSTEM.
, POPULATIONS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ALL INDIVIDUALS OF ONE SPECIFIC SPECIES LIVING WITHIN THE
BOUNDS OF A SPECIFIC AREA.
ORGANISMS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ANY LIVING THING WITHIN A POPULATION. (OF THAT SPECIFIC
SPECIES)
ORGAN SYSTEM: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A TEAM OF ORGANS THAT COOPERATE IN A LARGER
FUNCTION.
ORGAN: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅BODY PART THAT CARRIES OUT A PARTICULAR FUNCTION.
TISSUES: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅GROUP OF CELLS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM A SPECIALIZED
FUNCTION.
CELLS: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅LIFE'S FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
ORGANELLES: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CARIOUS FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS PRESENT IN CELLS.
MOLECULES: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A CHEMICAL STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE SMALL
CHEMICAL UNITS CALLED ATOMS.
REDUCTIONISM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"ZOOMING IN", REDUCTION OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS TO
SIMPLER COMPONENTS THAT ARE MORE MANAGEABLE TO STUDY.
EMERGENT PROPERTIES - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"ZOOMING OUT", RESULT FROM THE ARRANGEMENT
AND INTERACTION OF PARTS WITHIN A SYSTEM.
EUKARYOTIC CELL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED ORGANELLES.
PROKARYOTIC CELL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NO NUCLEUS OR OTHER MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED
ORGANELLES. SIMPLER, SMALLER
