Cell 1010 – Dr. V Tulane Exam Guide 2026 – Study Guide and
Practice Questions
Biology - correct answer ✔✔ the scientific study of life
Evolution - correct answer ✔✔ The process of change that has transformed life on earth
Characteristics that define life - correct answer ✔✔ Organization, Growth, Structure and
Function, Made of matter, Energy, Source of Information
Structure and Function - correct answer ✔✔ Function dictates
Development is shown in - correct answer ✔✔ Change in structure
Organization - correct answer ✔✔ Capacity to follow rules/orders
Emergent Properties - correct answer ✔✔ Results from the arrangement and interaction of
parts within a system
Growth - correct answer ✔✔ Mitotic Division
Energy - correct answer ✔✔ The capacity to do work
Photoautotrophs - correct answer ✔✔ Organisms that use light as a source of energy to
synthesize organic substances
,Heterotrophs - correct answer ✔✔ An organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating
other organisms and using cellular respiration
Metabolism - correct answer ✔✔ All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism
Anabolism+catabolism
Anabolism - correct answer ✔✔ Small molecules come together to make bigger molecules
Catabolism - correct answer ✔✔ Large molecules breaking down to make small molecules that
release energy
Homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔ A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state
Ex: Body 7.3 pH Stomach 2 pH
Reproduction - correct answer ✔✔ Prevent extinction, Continue life
Cell Theory - correct answer ✔✔ All living organisms are made of cells
Cells are the fundamental building block
New cells arrive from old cells through division
Hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔ Organization of different levels of complexity
Atoms - correct answer ✔✔ Smallest particles to build matter
Subatomic particles don't retain chemical and physical properties
Order of Hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔ Atoms--> Molecules--> Macromolecules--> Prokaryote
and Eukaryote--> Cell-->Tissue-->Organ-->Organ System-->Organism
,Prokaryote - correct answer ✔✔ A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane
bound organelles
Eukaryote - correct answer ✔✔ A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles
Organelles - correct answer ✔✔ Structures specialized to perform distinct processes within a
cell
Membrane bound
Biosphere Hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔ Organism-->Population-->Community-->Ecosphere--
>Biosphere
Species - correct answer ✔✔ A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile
offspring
Similar genetic makeup
Population - correct answer ✔✔ Members of a species living in a specific area at a specific time
Community - correct answer ✔✔ Makeup of biotic elements
Ecosphere - correct answer ✔✔ Makeup of biotic and abiotic elements
Biosphere - correct answer ✔✔ Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth, made
possible by technology
Classification - correct answer ✔✔ The process of grouping things based on their similarities
and differences
, Domains - correct answer ✔✔ Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
Archaea - correct answer ✔✔ Prokaryote
Intons
Phospholipids
Introns - correct answer ✔✔ Noncoding segments of nucleic acid that lie between coding
sequences
Eukarya - correct answer ✔✔ Protists, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
Protists - correct answer ✔✔ Single Cell
Plantae - correct answer ✔✔ Cell wall-Cellulose
Photosynthesis
Fungi - correct answer ✔✔ Cell Wall-Chitin
Extracellular digestion
Animalia - correct answer ✔✔ No cell wall
Cellular Respiration
DNA - correct answer ✔✔ Deoxyribonucleic acid
Holds genes
Made of Nucleotides
Practice Questions
Biology - correct answer ✔✔ the scientific study of life
Evolution - correct answer ✔✔ The process of change that has transformed life on earth
Characteristics that define life - correct answer ✔✔ Organization, Growth, Structure and
Function, Made of matter, Energy, Source of Information
Structure and Function - correct answer ✔✔ Function dictates
Development is shown in - correct answer ✔✔ Change in structure
Organization - correct answer ✔✔ Capacity to follow rules/orders
Emergent Properties - correct answer ✔✔ Results from the arrangement and interaction of
parts within a system
Growth - correct answer ✔✔ Mitotic Division
Energy - correct answer ✔✔ The capacity to do work
Photoautotrophs - correct answer ✔✔ Organisms that use light as a source of energy to
synthesize organic substances
,Heterotrophs - correct answer ✔✔ An organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating
other organisms and using cellular respiration
Metabolism - correct answer ✔✔ All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism
Anabolism+catabolism
Anabolism - correct answer ✔✔ Small molecules come together to make bigger molecules
Catabolism - correct answer ✔✔ Large molecules breaking down to make small molecules that
release energy
Homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔ A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state
Ex: Body 7.3 pH Stomach 2 pH
Reproduction - correct answer ✔✔ Prevent extinction, Continue life
Cell Theory - correct answer ✔✔ All living organisms are made of cells
Cells are the fundamental building block
New cells arrive from old cells through division
Hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔ Organization of different levels of complexity
Atoms - correct answer ✔✔ Smallest particles to build matter
Subatomic particles don't retain chemical and physical properties
Order of Hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔ Atoms--> Molecules--> Macromolecules--> Prokaryote
and Eukaryote--> Cell-->Tissue-->Organ-->Organ System-->Organism
,Prokaryote - correct answer ✔✔ A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane
bound organelles
Eukaryote - correct answer ✔✔ A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles
Organelles - correct answer ✔✔ Structures specialized to perform distinct processes within a
cell
Membrane bound
Biosphere Hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔ Organism-->Population-->Community-->Ecosphere--
>Biosphere
Species - correct answer ✔✔ A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile
offspring
Similar genetic makeup
Population - correct answer ✔✔ Members of a species living in a specific area at a specific time
Community - correct answer ✔✔ Makeup of biotic elements
Ecosphere - correct answer ✔✔ Makeup of biotic and abiotic elements
Biosphere - correct answer ✔✔ Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth, made
possible by technology
Classification - correct answer ✔✔ The process of grouping things based on their similarities
and differences
, Domains - correct answer ✔✔ Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
Archaea - correct answer ✔✔ Prokaryote
Intons
Phospholipids
Introns - correct answer ✔✔ Noncoding segments of nucleic acid that lie between coding
sequences
Eukarya - correct answer ✔✔ Protists, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
Protists - correct answer ✔✔ Single Cell
Plantae - correct answer ✔✔ Cell wall-Cellulose
Photosynthesis
Fungi - correct answer ✔✔ Cell Wall-Chitin
Extracellular digestion
Animalia - correct answer ✔✔ No cell wall
Cellular Respiration
DNA - correct answer ✔✔ Deoxyribonucleic acid
Holds genes
Made of Nucleotides
