Biology 103 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024

(1) Orderliness, complexity, organization (2) energy use and production, metabolism (3) balance, homeostasis (4) irritability, adaptation (evolution) (5) reproduction, growth, development - What are the key characteristics of living things? metabolism - The sum of all the chemical reactions that take place in the body is called _____. Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Specific Epithet - Taxonomic Heirarchy (IN ORDER!) genus and specific epithet - What two parts make up a scientific name? The process that scientists use to evaluate ideas and information. - What is the scientific method? Observation, Information, Hypothesis, Repeated experimentation, conclusion, retest conclusions - What are the parts of the scientific method? The scientific naming and classifying of organisms - What is taxonomy? Binomial Nomenclature - What is the proper term for a scientific name? Carl Linnaeus - Who developed binomial nomenclature? scientific theory - A _____ _____ is a hypothesis that has withstood the test of time and much experimentation control group - In experiments, a _____ _____ is a group that is the same as an experimental group except for one variable; used as a standard of comparison basic unit of matter - What is an atom? Protons (nucleus), Neutrons (nucleus), Electrons (electron shells). - What are the 3 subatomic particles in an atom and where are they found? positive - What is the charge of a proton? neutral - What is the charge of a neutron? negative - What is the charge of an electron? It is the atomic number - What is the importance of the proton number in an atom? Electrons in the outermost shell, they determine the number of bonds that an atom will form - What are valence electrons and what do they determine? Isotopes - _____ are atoms of the same element which have different atomic weights because they have different numbers of neutrons Adhesion - _____ is the clinging of one substance to another. This makes water a particularly good solvent. III and IV - I. Adenine, II Guanine, III Thymine, IV Cysosine: From the list of nitrogenous bases above, which are pyrimidines? element - A(n) _____ is a substance made of only one kind of atom, and can't be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions Starch - _____ is the energy-storing polysaccharide of plants. lipids - Fats, oils, and waxes are all _____. Electrons - _____ are negatively charged particles that orbit the nucleus of an atom. covalent - A(n) _____ bond involves the equal sharing of valence electrons. unpaired electrons in its outermost electron shell - An atom can form as many bonds as there are...?