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organism—Ans: Individual living creature
characteristics that differentiate living and nonliving things—Ans:
Order, Evolutionary Adaptation, Regulation, Energy Processing,
Growth and Development, Response to the Environment, and
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Reproduction
highly ordered structures are comprised of the basic unit of life
which is the __________.—Ans: cell
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evolutionary adaptation (or generational evolution)—Ans:
smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of an
organism
(T/F) Maintaining homeostasis is crucial so that living organisms
can thrive—Ans: True
deviations from the optimal conditions requires ______________
_______________ and show not be confused with adaptation—Ans:
regulatory processes
examples of regulatory processes—Ans: •shivering to generate
body heat in humans
•regulation of blood flow through an organism
metabolism—Ans: sum of the biochemical reactions in a living
organism
in order to sustain life, biochemical reactions are utilized to
produce _______________.—Ans: energy
living organisms must obtain ______________ ________ or use
metabolic processes to produce their own energy—Ans:
biological fuel
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many prokaryotes use organic substances, metabolizing them via
____________________ ____________________.—Ans: anaerobic
respiration
plants use light to trap energy through the process of
__________________.—Ans: photosynthesis
animals ingest food & use biomacromolecules as apart of
anaerobic respiration to produce _____________ for
________________ _______________.—Ans: ATP; cellular energy
the generation of new offspring is always accompanied by
distinct _______________ & ________________ changes—Ans:
growth; development
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adaptation—Ans: a change or a process that allows an organism
to become better suited for their environment
stimulus—Ans: anything that causes an organism to respond
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(T/F) Adaptations can be physical or behavioral—Ans: True
an example of a physical adaptation—Ans: a crab's hard shell
an example of a behavioral adaptation—Ans: a squirrel
hibernating through the winter
sexual reproduction—Ans: involves the fusion of two gametes
(one from each parent) that will unite and grow into a new
offspring
asexual reproduction—Ans: gives rise to new offspring from a
single organism
examples of asexual reproduction—Ans: spore formation
(protozoa, bacteria, plants & fungi)
•binary fission (prokaryotes & some eukaryotic protozoa such as
amoeba)
•vegetative reproduction (some fruit-bearing plants, such as
strawberry plants)
•budding (fungi, bacteria, some plants, and fewer animals like the
hydra)
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•fragmentation (segmented worms and echinoderms like starfish)
the levels of biological organization—Ans: biosphere, ecosystem,
communities, populations, and organisms
biosphere—Ans: the broadest level of planet earth and the
atmosphere; all capable of sustaining living organisms
ecosystem—Ans: the systems of living and non-living things in a
region
examples of ecosystems—Ans: •grasslands
•forests
•tundra
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•savanna
•aquatic regions
•rainforests
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•coral reefs
(T/F) ecosystem includes the plants, organisms, soils, and climate
conditions associated with the area—Ans: True
communities—Ans: all the collective organisms living within a
biological ecosystem
population—Ans: a group of one particular species living within
defined boundaries of a community
(T/F) only one type of population makeup a community—Ans:
False. several different types of populations makeup a community
organisms—Ans: individual living members of a population
successive levels of organization from the most specific level to the
broadest level—Ans: atom --> molecule --> macromolecule -->
cell --> tissue --> organ --> organ system --> organism -->
population --> community --> ecosystem --> biosphere
the hierarchial system of classification was first developed by
______________ ________________ in the 18th century—Ans: Carolus
Linnaeus
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inter-organismal levels—Ans: biosphere, ecosystem, communities,
populations, organisms
intra-organismal levels—Ans: organisms, organ systems, organs,
tissues, cells, molecules & atoms
taxon—Ans: unit or level of classification
Taxonomic Hierarchy (levels)—Ans: domain, kingdom, phylum,
class, order, family, genes, and species
phylogeny—Ans: plotting the evolutionary history of a group or
species
goal of phylogeny—Ans: connect evolutionary origin with
Linnaean classification
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barcode gene—Ans: sequence of 16S rRNA gene common to all
genomes
example of panther classification—Ans: •species: panthera
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pardus
•genus: panthera
•family: felidae
•order: carnivora
•class: mammalia
•phylum: chordata
•kingdom: animalia
•domain: eukarya
3 types of Domain are _______________, ________________, and
_________________—Ans: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
taxa—Ans: group or level of organization into which organisms
are classified
birds, cats, worms, monkeys and humans are in the same
______________.—Ans: kingdom
birds, cats, monkeys and humans are in the same
_________________.—Ans: phylum
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BIOD 101- Module 2 Questions and
Answers (100% Correct Answers) Already
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organism—Ans: Individual living creature
characteristics that differentiate living and nonliving things—Ans:
Order, Evolutionary Adaptation, Regulation, Energy Processing,
Growth and Development, Response to the Environment, and
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Reproduction
highly ordered structures are comprised of the basic unit of life
which is the __________.—Ans: cell
Guru01 - Stuvia
evolutionary adaptation (or generational evolution)—Ans:
smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of an
organism
(T/F) Maintaining homeostasis is crucial so that living organisms
can thrive—Ans: True
deviations from the optimal conditions requires ______________
_______________ and show not be confused with adaptation—Ans:
regulatory processes
examples of regulatory processes—Ans: •shivering to generate
body heat in humans
•regulation of blood flow through an organism
metabolism—Ans: sum of the biochemical reactions in a living
organism
in order to sustain life, biochemical reactions are utilized to
produce _______________.—Ans: energy
living organisms must obtain ______________ ________ or use
metabolic processes to produce their own energy—Ans:
biological fuel
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many prokaryotes use organic substances, metabolizing them via
____________________ ____________________.—Ans: anaerobic
respiration
plants use light to trap energy through the process of
__________________.—Ans: photosynthesis
animals ingest food & use biomacromolecules as apart of
anaerobic respiration to produce _____________ for
________________ _______________.—Ans: ATP; cellular energy
the generation of new offspring is always accompanied by
distinct _______________ & ________________ changes—Ans:
growth; development
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adaptation—Ans: a change or a process that allows an organism
to become better suited for their environment
stimulus—Ans: anything that causes an organism to respond
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(T/F) Adaptations can be physical or behavioral—Ans: True
an example of a physical adaptation—Ans: a crab's hard shell
an example of a behavioral adaptation—Ans: a squirrel
hibernating through the winter
sexual reproduction—Ans: involves the fusion of two gametes
(one from each parent) that will unite and grow into a new
offspring
asexual reproduction—Ans: gives rise to new offspring from a
single organism
examples of asexual reproduction—Ans: spore formation
(protozoa, bacteria, plants & fungi)
•binary fission (prokaryotes & some eukaryotic protozoa such as
amoeba)
•vegetative reproduction (some fruit-bearing plants, such as
strawberry plants)
•budding (fungi, bacteria, some plants, and fewer animals like the
hydra)
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•fragmentation (segmented worms and echinoderms like starfish)
the levels of biological organization—Ans: biosphere, ecosystem,
communities, populations, and organisms
biosphere—Ans: the broadest level of planet earth and the
atmosphere; all capable of sustaining living organisms
ecosystem—Ans: the systems of living and non-living things in a
region
examples of ecosystems—Ans: •grasslands
•forests
•tundra
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•savanna
•aquatic regions
•rainforests
Guru01 - Stuvia
•coral reefs
(T/F) ecosystem includes the plants, organisms, soils, and climate
conditions associated with the area—Ans: True
communities—Ans: all the collective organisms living within a
biological ecosystem
population—Ans: a group of one particular species living within
defined boundaries of a community
(T/F) only one type of population makeup a community—Ans:
False. several different types of populations makeup a community
organisms—Ans: individual living members of a population
successive levels of organization from the most specific level to the
broadest level—Ans: atom --> molecule --> macromolecule -->
cell --> tissue --> organ --> organ system --> organism -->
population --> community --> ecosystem --> biosphere
the hierarchial system of classification was first developed by
______________ ________________ in the 18th century—Ans: Carolus
Linnaeus
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inter-organismal levels—Ans: biosphere, ecosystem, communities,
populations, organisms
intra-organismal levels—Ans: organisms, organ systems, organs,
tissues, cells, molecules & atoms
taxon—Ans: unit or level of classification
Taxonomic Hierarchy (levels)—Ans: domain, kingdom, phylum,
class, order, family, genes, and species
phylogeny—Ans: plotting the evolutionary history of a group or
species
goal of phylogeny—Ans: connect evolutionary origin with
Linnaean classification
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barcode gene—Ans: sequence of 16S rRNA gene common to all
genomes
example of panther classification—Ans: •species: panthera
Guru01 - Stuvia
pardus
•genus: panthera
•family: felidae
•order: carnivora
•class: mammalia
•phylum: chordata
•kingdom: animalia
•domain: eukarya
3 types of Domain are _______________, ________________, and
_________________—Ans: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
taxa—Ans: group or level of organization into which organisms
are classified
birds, cats, worms, monkeys and humans are in the same
______________.—Ans: kingdom
birds, cats, monkeys and humans are in the same
_________________.—Ans: phylum
