BIOLOGY 101 - EXAM 1 UWSP
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the study of life? - correct answer ✔✔biology
Properties of life include - correct answer ✔✔order, reproduction, growth and development,
energy processing, regulation, response to the environment, evolutionary adaptation
_____ name species and classify them into broader groups - correct answer ✔✔Taxonomists
What are the three domains of life? - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
what is the first them of biology? - correct answer ✔✔evolution
all living things share _____ unifying themes in biology - correct answer ✔✔five
What is the distinguishing of unity and diversity? - correct answer ✔✔evolution
Evolution = ______ - correct answer ✔✔Decent with modification
Natural selection - correct answer ✔✔unequal reproductive success leads to evolution of
adaptations in populations
True/False: Each species on earth today has a family history - correct answer ✔✔True
,the second theme of biology - correct answer ✔✔life depends on the flow of information
True/False: The processes of life all depend on the transmission and use of information - correct
answer ✔✔True
______ provides the genetic blueprint for organisms - correct answer ✔✔DNA
Gene expression - correct answer ✔✔genes > RNA transcript > Protein > physical appearance
The third theme of biology - correct answer ✔✔structure and function are related
True/False: The relationship between structure and function can be observed at every level of
life, molecular, and cellular - correct answer ✔✔True
The fourth theme of biology - correct answer ✔✔structure function relationships
_____ of all animals have similar skeletal elements - correct answer ✔✔forelimbs
The fifth theme of biology - correct answer ✔✔Life depends on the transfer and transformation
of energy and matter
True/False: Energy flows through an ecosystem in one direction - correct answer ✔✔one
what is characterized by the cycling of matter? - correct answer ✔✔ecosystems
all of the activities of life require the use of what? - correct answer ✔✔energy
, Using an approach called _____, scientists attempt to model the behavior of biological systems
by analyzing the interactions among their parts. - correct answer ✔✔systems biology
life exists in _____, each level shows greater complexity than the levels that come below -
correct answer ✔✔hierarchy
Hierarchy of life: - correct answer ✔✔atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system,
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
_______ is a way of knowing- an approach to understanding the natural world - correct answer
✔✔Science
the scientific approach involves what? - correct answer ✔✔observations, hypotheses,
predictions, tests/experiments, and analysis of data
A _______ ______ is a broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence - correct
answer ✔✔Scientific theory
Descriptive Science - correct answer ✔✔- general patterns from a series of observations
- cannot provide explanations for the data we record
Hypothesis based science - correct answer ✔✔- allows us to address the causes of observed
phenomena using deductive logic
- generally follows the same steps
overvaluing our knowledge base: - correct answer ✔✔this is the bias of thinking that we know
more than we do
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the study of life? - correct answer ✔✔biology
Properties of life include - correct answer ✔✔order, reproduction, growth and development,
energy processing, regulation, response to the environment, evolutionary adaptation
_____ name species and classify them into broader groups - correct answer ✔✔Taxonomists
What are the three domains of life? - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
what is the first them of biology? - correct answer ✔✔evolution
all living things share _____ unifying themes in biology - correct answer ✔✔five
What is the distinguishing of unity and diversity? - correct answer ✔✔evolution
Evolution = ______ - correct answer ✔✔Decent with modification
Natural selection - correct answer ✔✔unequal reproductive success leads to evolution of
adaptations in populations
True/False: Each species on earth today has a family history - correct answer ✔✔True
,the second theme of biology - correct answer ✔✔life depends on the flow of information
True/False: The processes of life all depend on the transmission and use of information - correct
answer ✔✔True
______ provides the genetic blueprint for organisms - correct answer ✔✔DNA
Gene expression - correct answer ✔✔genes > RNA transcript > Protein > physical appearance
The third theme of biology - correct answer ✔✔structure and function are related
True/False: The relationship between structure and function can be observed at every level of
life, molecular, and cellular - correct answer ✔✔True
The fourth theme of biology - correct answer ✔✔structure function relationships
_____ of all animals have similar skeletal elements - correct answer ✔✔forelimbs
The fifth theme of biology - correct answer ✔✔Life depends on the transfer and transformation
of energy and matter
True/False: Energy flows through an ecosystem in one direction - correct answer ✔✔one
what is characterized by the cycling of matter? - correct answer ✔✔ecosystems
all of the activities of life require the use of what? - correct answer ✔✔energy
, Using an approach called _____, scientists attempt to model the behavior of biological systems
by analyzing the interactions among their parts. - correct answer ✔✔systems biology
life exists in _____, each level shows greater complexity than the levels that come below -
correct answer ✔✔hierarchy
Hierarchy of life: - correct answer ✔✔atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system,
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
_______ is a way of knowing- an approach to understanding the natural world - correct answer
✔✔Science
the scientific approach involves what? - correct answer ✔✔observations, hypotheses,
predictions, tests/experiments, and analysis of data
A _______ ______ is a broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence - correct
answer ✔✔Scientific theory
Descriptive Science - correct answer ✔✔- general patterns from a series of observations
- cannot provide explanations for the data we record
Hypothesis based science - correct answer ✔✔- allows us to address the causes of observed
phenomena using deductive logic
- generally follows the same steps
overvaluing our knowledge base: - correct answer ✔✔this is the bias of thinking that we know
more than we do
