Pearson Biology midterm Exam Questions and Answers

Pearson Biology midterm Exam Questions and Answers scientific method - Correct Answer️️ -1. identify the problem 2. state your hypothesis 3. test your hypothesis 4. organize and analyze your data 5. form a conclusion spontaneous generation - Correct Answer️️ -the theory that living things can come from nonliving things 5 characteristics of living things - Correct Answer️️ -1. all living things are made up of cells 2. all living things collect energy and use it 3. all living things respond or react to their surrounding environment 4. all living things grow and develop 5. all living things are able to reproduce compound light microscope - Correct Answer️️ -uses light and more than one lens to look at living cells (1500) scanning electron microscope - Correct Answer️️ -sweeps a beam of electrons over the surface of the specimen causing electrons to be emitted from the specimen (20000) transmission electron microscope - Correct Answer️️ -aims a beam of electrons through a specimenSMART PDF hypothesis - Correct Answer️️ -attempts to answer questions by putting forth a plausible explanation that has yet to be vigorously tested theory - Correct Answer️️ -has already undergone extensive testing by various scientists and is generally accepted as being accurate primary producers - Correct Answer️️ -organisms producing their own food through the process of photosynthesis decomposers - Correct Answer️️ -organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so they carry out the natural process of decomposition biotic - Correct Answer️️ -living factors of an ecosystem abiotic - Correct Answer️️ -nonliving factors of an ecosystem carnivore - Correct Answer️️ -living things that eat meat herbivore - Correct Answer️️ -living things that eat plants omnivores - Correct Answer️️ -an animal or person that eats both plants and animals atoms - Correct Answer️️ -the basic unit of matter protons - Correct Answer️️ -positive charged ions, found in nucleus neutrons - Correct Answer️️ -neutral/ no charged ions, found in nucleus electrons - Correct Answer️️ -negative charged ions, found outside the nucleus covalent bond - Correct Answer️️ -a chemical bond that involves the sharing of valence electron pairs between atoms. These electrons pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs, and the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces betweenSMART PDF atoms, when they share electrons, is known as covalent bonding. Strongest bond, hard to break, takes more than energy to break, held together by sharing of electrons ionic bond - Correct Answer️️ -the complete transfer of valence ele