BIOLOGY 121 EXAM 1 CHAPTERS 1-3
1. Evolution
Answer Descent with modification
genetic change in a population or species over generations
the heritable changes that have produced Earth's diversity of organisms. Changes in DNA through time.
2. Biology
Answer The scientific study of life
3. List the 7 Properties of life that ALL living organisms share
Answer 1. Reproduction
2. Growth and Development
3. Energy Use
4. Order
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,5. Cells
6. Response to the Environment
7. Evolution
4. The levels of the biological organizations
Answer 1. Biosphere
2. Ecosystem
3. Community
4. Population
5. Organism
6. Organ System and Organ
7. Tissue
8. Cell
9. Organelle
10. Molecule
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, 5. Biosphere
Answer The global ecosystem
the entire portion of Earth inhabited by life; all of life and where it lives at
6. Ecosystem
Answer All the organisms in a give area, along with the nonliving (abiotic) factors with which they interact
a biological community and its physical environment
7. Community
Answer All the organisms inhabiting and potentially interacting in a particular area; an assemblage of
populations of ditterent species
8. Population
Answer A group of interacting individuals belonging to one species and living in the same geographic area at the
same time.
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1. Evolution
Answer Descent with modification
genetic change in a population or species over generations
the heritable changes that have produced Earth's diversity of organisms. Changes in DNA through time.
2. Biology
Answer The scientific study of life
3. List the 7 Properties of life that ALL living organisms share
Answer 1. Reproduction
2. Growth and Development
3. Energy Use
4. Order
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,5. Cells
6. Response to the Environment
7. Evolution
4. The levels of the biological organizations
Answer 1. Biosphere
2. Ecosystem
3. Community
4. Population
5. Organism
6. Organ System and Organ
7. Tissue
8. Cell
9. Organelle
10. Molecule
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, 5. Biosphere
Answer The global ecosystem
the entire portion of Earth inhabited by life; all of life and where it lives at
6. Ecosystem
Answer All the organisms in a give area, along with the nonliving (abiotic) factors with which they interact
a biological community and its physical environment
7. Community
Answer All the organisms inhabiting and potentially interacting in a particular area; an assemblage of
populations of ditterent species
8. Population
Answer A group of interacting individuals belonging to one species and living in the same geographic area at the
same time.
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