PORTAGE LEARNING BIO 171 FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
⩥ Animals ____ and use ____ as part of aerobic respiration to produce
ATP
Answer: ingest food, biomacromolecules
STUDY GUIDE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
⩥ Animals ____ and use ____ as part of aerobic respiration to produce
ATP
Answer: ingest food, biomacromolecules
