GENERAL BIOLOGY 151-EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
John Ray - Correct Answers -English biologist who proposed that scientists use only
Latin names
What was the problem with John Ray's proposal? - Correct Answers -The names had
lengthy descriptions
Placebo - Correct Answers -Negative control that looks like a real medicine.
Notifiable disease - Correct Answers -A disease that has to be notified and or reported
Refereed journals - Correct Answers -Reviewed by peered scientists working in the
same field
Arthropod (Phylum Arthropoda) - Correct Answers -"Crunch squish"
Insects that have 8 legs, an exoskeleton, and a brain (2 central nerve cords)
Development - Correct Answers -Change a specific set of characteristics
Cladistics - Correct Answers -The classification of species based on evolutionary
relationships.
Homeostasis - Correct Answers -Life maintains a stable internal conditions in cells that
is not in equilibrium with surrounding environments.
Horizontal DNA Transmission - Correct Answers -DNA that moves around outside lines
of descent
Metabolism - Correct Answers -Sum total of all chemical reaction to maintain something
alive
Levels of Organization in Biology - Correct Answers -Cells
Tissues
Organs
Individual whole organisms
Species
Communities of mult. organisms
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
John Ray - Correct Answers -English biologist who proposed that scientists use only
Latin names
What was the problem with John Ray's proposal? - Correct Answers -The names had
lengthy descriptions
Placebo - Correct Answers -Negative control that looks like a real medicine.
Notifiable disease - Correct Answers -A disease that has to be notified and or reported
Refereed journals - Correct Answers -Reviewed by peered scientists working in the
same field
Arthropod (Phylum Arthropoda) - Correct Answers -"Crunch squish"
Insects that have 8 legs, an exoskeleton, and a brain (2 central nerve cords)
Development - Correct Answers -Change a specific set of characteristics
Cladistics - Correct Answers -The classification of species based on evolutionary
relationships.
Homeostasis - Correct Answers -Life maintains a stable internal conditions in cells that
is not in equilibrium with surrounding environments.
Horizontal DNA Transmission - Correct Answers -DNA that moves around outside lines
of descent
Metabolism - Correct Answers -Sum total of all chemical reaction to maintain something
alive
Levels of Organization in Biology - Correct Answers -Cells
Tissues
Organs
Individual whole organisms
Species
Communities of mult. organisms
