PORTAGE LEARNING BIOD 152 A&P 2 LAB 3
LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026 LAB EXERCISES
AND BODY SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION SKILLS
◉ What are the 7 common characteristics of organisms?
Answer: order, evolutionary adaptation, regulation, energy
processing, growth and development, response to environment,
reproduction
◉ What is the characteristic "order"?
Answer: Life is structured into a developmental hierarchy
◉ The ____ itself is highly ordered as it contains organelles, a
dedicated cytoplasmic space, conducts metabolic processes, and
undergoes microscale adaptions.
Answer: cell
◉ What is evolutionary adaptation?
Answer: Smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of an
organism.
◉ Evolutionary adaptation should not be confused with...?
,Answer: Species evolution
◉ What is an example of evolutionary adaptation?
Answer: Color camouflage
◉ What is another name for evolutionary adaptation?
Answer: Generational evolution
◉ What is regulation?
Answer: The ability for a living organism to maintain optimal living
conditions
◉ Living organisms are sensitive to...?
Answer: Temperature, environmental stress, pH requirements
◉ What is homeostasis?
Answer: Maintaining set points of living conditions
◉ What is an example of regulation?
Answer: Shivering to regulate body heat
◉ What is energy processing?
, Answer: How an organism utilizes biochemical reactions to produce
energy
◉ What is the sum of an organism's biochemical reactions referred
to?
Answer: Metabolism
◉ What is ATP?
Answer: Biological fuel or energy
◉ What type of metabolism do many prokaryotes use?
Answer: Anaerobic
◉ What is photosynthesis?
Answer: A plant using light to trap energy
◉ Many prokaryotes metabolize ____?
Answer: Organic substances
◉ What type of metabolism do animals use?
Answer: Aerobic
LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026 LAB EXERCISES
AND BODY SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION SKILLS
◉ What are the 7 common characteristics of organisms?
Answer: order, evolutionary adaptation, regulation, energy
processing, growth and development, response to environment,
reproduction
◉ What is the characteristic "order"?
Answer: Life is structured into a developmental hierarchy
◉ The ____ itself is highly ordered as it contains organelles, a
dedicated cytoplasmic space, conducts metabolic processes, and
undergoes microscale adaptions.
Answer: cell
◉ What is evolutionary adaptation?
Answer: Smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of an
organism.
◉ Evolutionary adaptation should not be confused with...?
,Answer: Species evolution
◉ What is an example of evolutionary adaptation?
Answer: Color camouflage
◉ What is another name for evolutionary adaptation?
Answer: Generational evolution
◉ What is regulation?
Answer: The ability for a living organism to maintain optimal living
conditions
◉ Living organisms are sensitive to...?
Answer: Temperature, environmental stress, pH requirements
◉ What is homeostasis?
Answer: Maintaining set points of living conditions
◉ What is an example of regulation?
Answer: Shivering to regulate body heat
◉ What is energy processing?
, Answer: How an organism utilizes biochemical reactions to produce
energy
◉ What is the sum of an organism's biochemical reactions referred
to?
Answer: Metabolism
◉ What is ATP?
Answer: Biological fuel or energy
◉ What type of metabolism do many prokaryotes use?
Answer: Anaerobic
◉ What is photosynthesis?
Answer: A plant using light to trap energy
◉ Many prokaryotes metabolize ____?
Answer: Organic substances
◉ What type of metabolism do animals use?
Answer: Aerobic
