BIOL 1001 EXAM 1 2026 MOCK PAPER
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW NOTES ANALYTICAL
SUMMARY
◉ Life.
Answer: quality that distinguishes vital, functioning beings from
dead ones and inorganic compounds
◉ Living Organisms.
Answer: composed of cells that have a complex, organized structure,
maintain homeostasis, respond to stimuli, acquire and use materials
and energy, grow, reproduce, collectively have one capacity to evolve
◉ Cell.
Answer: smallest unit of life
◉ Homeostasis.
Answer: "to stay the same", enables organisms to cope with changes
in their environment
◉ External Stimuli.
Answer: light, sound, touch, chemicals, etc.
,◉ Internal Stimuli.
Answer: temperature, pain, chemicals, etc.
◉ Nutrients.
Answer: include minerals, oxygen, water, other chemical building
blocks, they cycle
◉ Energy.
Answer: ability to do work (almost all life is sustained by it,
originally provided by the sun), it flows
◉ Photosynthetic Organisms.
Answer: capture energy and store it in energy rich molecules (sugar)
◉ Growth.
Answer: conversion of materials acquired from the environment into
molecules
◉ Reproduction.
Answer: giving rise to offspring which allows for the continuation of
life
, ◉ Evolution.
Answer: occurs through the process of natural selection
◉ Natural Selection.
Answer: process by which organisms with specific adaptations
reproduce more successfully than others
◉ Mutation.
Answer: mistakes in replication
◉ Domains.
Answer: three major categories of life (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya)
◉ Unicellular.
Answer: organisms composed of single cells
◉ Multicellular.
Answer: organisms composed of many cells
◉ Autotrophic.
Answer: self-feeding, photosynthetic organisms, all domains
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW NOTES ANALYTICAL
SUMMARY
◉ Life.
Answer: quality that distinguishes vital, functioning beings from
dead ones and inorganic compounds
◉ Living Organisms.
Answer: composed of cells that have a complex, organized structure,
maintain homeostasis, respond to stimuli, acquire and use materials
and energy, grow, reproduce, collectively have one capacity to evolve
◉ Cell.
Answer: smallest unit of life
◉ Homeostasis.
Answer: "to stay the same", enables organisms to cope with changes
in their environment
◉ External Stimuli.
Answer: light, sound, touch, chemicals, etc.
,◉ Internal Stimuli.
Answer: temperature, pain, chemicals, etc.
◉ Nutrients.
Answer: include minerals, oxygen, water, other chemical building
blocks, they cycle
◉ Energy.
Answer: ability to do work (almost all life is sustained by it,
originally provided by the sun), it flows
◉ Photosynthetic Organisms.
Answer: capture energy and store it in energy rich molecules (sugar)
◉ Growth.
Answer: conversion of materials acquired from the environment into
molecules
◉ Reproduction.
Answer: giving rise to offspring which allows for the continuation of
life
, ◉ Evolution.
Answer: occurs through the process of natural selection
◉ Natural Selection.
Answer: process by which organisms with specific adaptations
reproduce more successfully than others
◉ Mutation.
Answer: mistakes in replication
◉ Domains.
Answer: three major categories of life (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya)
◉ Unicellular.
Answer: organisms composed of single cells
◉ Multicellular.
Answer: organisms composed of many cells
◉ Autotrophic.
Answer: self-feeding, photosynthetic organisms, all domains
