Bio 181 Exam 1 MCC QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Emergent Property correct answer: New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases. Biological Organization correct answer: 1. Biosphere 2. Ecosystem 3. Communities 4. Populations 5. Organisms 6. Organs and Organ Systems 7. Tissues 8. Cells 9. Organelles 10. Molecules Properties of life correct answer: 1. Order 2. Regulation 3. Energy Processing 4. Evolutionary Adaptation 5. Response to the Environment 6. Reproduction 7. Growth and Development Reductionism correct answer: reducing a complex system into smaller parts. each level of the system shows correlation between structure and function. EX: study of molecular structure of DNA helps us to understand chemical basis of inheritance. Unity (Evolution) correct answer: the process of change that has transformed life on earth. Biological unity is similarities between organisms due to evolution from a common ancestor. organisms of a common ancestor. EX: wings/arms and their unity coming from evolution. Three Domains of Life correct answer: Domain Bacteria (prok.) Domain Archaea (prok.) Domain Eukarya (euka., plants, fungi, animals, protests) What is a protest? correct answer: single cell eukaryotic organisms not classified in their own kingdom but in the domain eukarya Eukaryotic organisms/cells correct answer: A eukaryotic cell has membrane-enclosed organelles, the largest of which is usually the nucleus Prokaryotic organisms/cells correct answer: A prokary