ESSENTIALS OF BIOLOGY 6TH EDITION MADER
CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 32 COMPREHENSIVE
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ energy.
Answer: the ability to do work, and it takes work to maintain the
organization of the cell and the organism
◉ metabolism.
Answer: the combination of chemical reactions through which an
organism builds up or breaks down materials
◉ respond to stimuli.
Answer: organisms react to internal and external events
◉ producers.
Answer: Organisms that make their own food
◉ consumers.
Answer: An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding
on other organisms or their remains.
, ◉ decomposers.
Answer: Organisms that break down the dead remains of other
organisms
◉ energy flow.
Answer: flows from the sun through the plants and the other
members of the food chain as they feed on one another; this
gradually disputes and returns to the atmosphere as heat
◉ chemical cycling.
Answer: occurs as chemicals move from one population to another
in a food chain, until death and decomposition allow inorganic
nutrients to be returned to producers once again
◉ homeostasis.
Answer: an internal environment that acts within a set of
physiological boundaries
◉ reproduce.
Answer: every living organisms is able to produce offspring that are
similar to the parents
◉ genes.
CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 32 COMPREHENSIVE
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ energy.
Answer: the ability to do work, and it takes work to maintain the
organization of the cell and the organism
◉ metabolism.
Answer: the combination of chemical reactions through which an
organism builds up or breaks down materials
◉ respond to stimuli.
Answer: organisms react to internal and external events
◉ producers.
Answer: Organisms that make their own food
◉ consumers.
Answer: An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding
on other organisms or their remains.
, ◉ decomposers.
Answer: Organisms that break down the dead remains of other
organisms
◉ energy flow.
Answer: flows from the sun through the plants and the other
members of the food chain as they feed on one another; this
gradually disputes and returns to the atmosphere as heat
◉ chemical cycling.
Answer: occurs as chemicals move from one population to another
in a food chain, until death and decomposition allow inorganic
nutrients to be returned to producers once again
◉ homeostasis.
Answer: an internal environment that acts within a set of
physiological boundaries
◉ reproduce.
Answer: every living organisms is able to produce offspring that are
similar to the parents
◉ genes.
