AP Biology Questions with CORRECT Answers

AP Biology Questions with CORRECT Answers

Question:
Define: Biology
Answer:
the scientific study of life


Question:
Give Examples: Properties of Life
Answer:
a. order


Question:
Describe: Ecosystem Dynamics
Answer:
include two major processes:


Question:
Describe: How Chemical Nutrients Cycle
Answer:
recycle within an ecosystem


Question:
Define: Producers
Answer:
plants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy


Question:
Define: Consumers
Answer:
organisms, such as animals, that feed on producers and other consumers

, Question:
Describe: Energy Conversion
Answer:
the exchange of energy between an organism and its surroundings involves the
transformation of one form of energy to another; some of the available energy is
converted to heat (thermal energy)


Question:
Describe: How Energy Flows
Answer:
through an ecosystem, usually entering as light and exiting as heat


Question:
Define: DNA
Answer:
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA is the substance of genes; DNA directs the development and
maintenance of an entire organism


Question:
Define: Genes
Answer:
units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring; most genes
program the cell's production of proteins


Question:
Describe: Chromosomes
Answer:
each chromosome has one very long DNA molecule with thousands of genes arranged
along its length


Question:
Describe: DNA Structure
Answer:
each DNA molecule is made up of two long chains arranged into a double helix; each
link of a chain is on of four nucleotides