BSC 108 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● How do you define something as living?
Answer: must exhibit all of the properties of life
●● What are the seven properties of life?
Answer: order, regulation, growth and development, they use energy,
response to the environment, reproduction, evolution
●● what is homeostasis?
Answer: Maintaining a stable internal environment
●● What is cell theory?
Answer: All living things are made up of cells, cells are the basic units
of structure and function in living things, new cells are produced from
existing cells
●● Classification of the diversity of life
Answer: D- Domain
K- Kingdom
P- Phylum
,C- Class
O- Order
F- Family
G- Genus
S- Species
●● What is science?
Answer: is derived from a latin verb meaning "to know." It is also:
A. A way of Knowing
B. A body of knowledge
●● What are the 2 forms of science?
Answer: discovery science and scientific method
●● What are the three main domains of life?
Answer: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
●● What are the 4 kingdoms in Eukarya?
Answer: Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
●● definition of Eukaryote
Answer: organisms with a true nucleus
, ●● definition of prokaryote
Answer: unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus
●● What are the 6 common themes in biology?
Answer: 1. The Scope of Life and Emergent Properties
2. Organisms exchange matter and energy within ecosystems
3. cells are an organism's basic unit
4. the continuity of life is based on the information in DNA
5. diversity is the hallmark of life and the diverse forms of life fit their
functions
6. evolution
●● what is the scientific method?
Answer: A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific
problem
●● What are the steps of the scientific method?
Answer: 1. problem
2. hypothesis
3. procedure
4.analyze
5.conclusion
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● How do you define something as living?
Answer: must exhibit all of the properties of life
●● What are the seven properties of life?
Answer: order, regulation, growth and development, they use energy,
response to the environment, reproduction, evolution
●● what is homeostasis?
Answer: Maintaining a stable internal environment
●● What is cell theory?
Answer: All living things are made up of cells, cells are the basic units
of structure and function in living things, new cells are produced from
existing cells
●● Classification of the diversity of life
Answer: D- Domain
K- Kingdom
P- Phylum
,C- Class
O- Order
F- Family
G- Genus
S- Species
●● What is science?
Answer: is derived from a latin verb meaning "to know." It is also:
A. A way of Knowing
B. A body of knowledge
●● What are the 2 forms of science?
Answer: discovery science and scientific method
●● What are the three main domains of life?
Answer: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
●● What are the 4 kingdoms in Eukarya?
Answer: Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
●● definition of Eukaryote
Answer: organisms with a true nucleus
, ●● definition of prokaryote
Answer: unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus
●● What are the 6 common themes in biology?
Answer: 1. The Scope of Life and Emergent Properties
2. Organisms exchange matter and energy within ecosystems
3. cells are an organism's basic unit
4. the continuity of life is based on the information in DNA
5. diversity is the hallmark of life and the diverse forms of life fit their
functions
6. evolution
●● what is the scientific method?
Answer: A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific
problem
●● What are the steps of the scientific method?
Answer: 1. problem
2. hypothesis
3. procedure
4.analyze
5.conclusion
