Biology 111 -Final Exam questions and
answers 2025/2026
organism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔individual living thing.
emergent properties - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔quality that appears as biological complexity
increases.
cell - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔smallest unit that displays life.
metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔all of the chemical reaction that occur in a cell during
growth and repair.
homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔maintenance of normal internal conditions in a cell.
adaptations - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔organism's modification in structure, function, or behavior
that better suits the environment.
taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔branch of biology concerned with identifying, describing,
and naming organisms.
prokaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔organism that lacks the membrane-bounded nucleus and
membranous organelles typical of eukaryotes.
eukaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔type of cell that has a membrane-bounded nucleus and
membranous organelles.
,binomial nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔scientific name of an organism, the first part of
which designates the genus and the second part designates the specific epithet.
biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔total number of species, the variability of the genes, and
the communities in which they live.
scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔process by which scientists formulate a hypothesis,
gather data by observation and experimentation, and come to a conclusion.
photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔process occurring usually within chloroplasts whereby
chlorophyll-containing organelles trap solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide to carbohydrate.
hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔supposition established by reasoning after consideration of
available evidence; it can be tested by obtaining more data, often by experimentation.
scientific theory - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔concept supported by a broad range of observations,
experiments, and data.
Law - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔a term used for theories that are generally accepted by an
overwhelming number of scientists.
Levels of Classification - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family,
Genus, Species
Levels of Biological Organization - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ,
organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem
Characteristics of Life - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔organized, acquire materials and energy,
respond, reproduce and develop, have adaptations.
, Eukarya Four Kingdoms: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
experimental variable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔is the step that is deliberately manipulated.
(nitrogen, fertilizer)
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔is component of an experiment that changes due
to the experimental variable.
control variable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔components that are not changed.
matter - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔anything that takes up space and has mass.
element - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔cannot be broken down to simpler substances with different
properties.
protons - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔are positively charged particles (have 1 atomic mass unit of
weight).
neutrons - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔have no charge. (1 atomic mass unit of weight)
electron - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔are negatively charged particles.
isotopes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔are atoms with the same number of protons but differ in
number of neutrons.
molecule - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔union of two or more atoms of the same element.
answers 2025/2026
organism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔individual living thing.
emergent properties - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔quality that appears as biological complexity
increases.
cell - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔smallest unit that displays life.
metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔all of the chemical reaction that occur in a cell during
growth and repair.
homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔maintenance of normal internal conditions in a cell.
adaptations - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔organism's modification in structure, function, or behavior
that better suits the environment.
taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔branch of biology concerned with identifying, describing,
and naming organisms.
prokaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔organism that lacks the membrane-bounded nucleus and
membranous organelles typical of eukaryotes.
eukaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔type of cell that has a membrane-bounded nucleus and
membranous organelles.
,binomial nomenclature - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔scientific name of an organism, the first part of
which designates the genus and the second part designates the specific epithet.
biodiversity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔total number of species, the variability of the genes, and
the communities in which they live.
scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔process by which scientists formulate a hypothesis,
gather data by observation and experimentation, and come to a conclusion.
photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔process occurring usually within chloroplasts whereby
chlorophyll-containing organelles trap solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide to carbohydrate.
hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔supposition established by reasoning after consideration of
available evidence; it can be tested by obtaining more data, often by experimentation.
scientific theory - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔concept supported by a broad range of observations,
experiments, and data.
Law - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔a term used for theories that are generally accepted by an
overwhelming number of scientists.
Levels of Classification - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family,
Genus, Species
Levels of Biological Organization - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ,
organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem
Characteristics of Life - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔organized, acquire materials and energy,
respond, reproduce and develop, have adaptations.
, Eukarya Four Kingdoms: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
experimental variable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔is the step that is deliberately manipulated.
(nitrogen, fertilizer)
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔is component of an experiment that changes due
to the experimental variable.
control variable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔components that are not changed.
matter - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔anything that takes up space and has mass.
element - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔cannot be broken down to simpler substances with different
properties.
protons - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔are positively charged particles (have 1 atomic mass unit of
weight).
neutrons - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔have no charge. (1 atomic mass unit of weight)
electron - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔are negatively charged particles.
isotopes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔are atoms with the same number of protons but differ in
number of neutrons.
molecule - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔union of two or more atoms of the same element.
