NVCC BIO 101 Exam 1 Questions and
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What is Life? - ✔✔the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from
inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional
activity, and continual change preceding death.
Cell - ✔✔The basic unit of structure and function in living things
Organism - ✔✔consist of one or more cells
-every cell has outer membrane that separated from its surroundings
atoms - ✔✔Building blocks of matter
Molecule - ✔✔A group of atoms bonded together
Organelle - ✔✔specialized structure that performs important cellular functions
within a eukaryotic cell
Tissues - ✔✔Groups of cells with a common structure and function.
organs - ✔✔Tissues are organized into:, group of tissues that work together to
perform closely related functions.
organ system - ✔✔group of organs that work together to perform a specific
function
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, Population - ✔✔a group of organisms of the same species populating a given
area
Community - ✔✔assemblage of different populations that live together in a
defined area
Ecosystem - ✔✔A biological community of interacting organisms and their
physical environment.
Biosphere - ✔✔part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or
atmosphere
emergent properties - ✔✔New properties that emerge with each step upward
in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as
complexity increases.
Producers - ✔✔Organisms that make their own food
Autotroph - ✔✔An organism that makes its own food
Nutrients - ✔✔Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself,
and to supply you with energy
Energy - ✔✔the ability to do work or cause change, such as moving an object
some distance
Consumers (heterotrophs) - ✔✔obtain energy by consuming other organisms
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Verified Detailed Answers | Latest
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What is Life? - ✔✔the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from
inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional
activity, and continual change preceding death.
Cell - ✔✔The basic unit of structure and function in living things
Organism - ✔✔consist of one or more cells
-every cell has outer membrane that separated from its surroundings
atoms - ✔✔Building blocks of matter
Molecule - ✔✔A group of atoms bonded together
Organelle - ✔✔specialized structure that performs important cellular functions
within a eukaryotic cell
Tissues - ✔✔Groups of cells with a common structure and function.
organs - ✔✔Tissues are organized into:, group of tissues that work together to
perform closely related functions.
organ system - ✔✔group of organs that work together to perform a specific
function
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, Population - ✔✔a group of organisms of the same species populating a given
area
Community - ✔✔assemblage of different populations that live together in a
defined area
Ecosystem - ✔✔A biological community of interacting organisms and their
physical environment.
Biosphere - ✔✔part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or
atmosphere
emergent properties - ✔✔New properties that emerge with each step upward
in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as
complexity increases.
Producers - ✔✔Organisms that make their own food
Autotroph - ✔✔An organism that makes its own food
Nutrients - ✔✔Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself,
and to supply you with energy
Energy - ✔✔the ability to do work or cause change, such as moving an object
some distance
Consumers (heterotrophs) - ✔✔obtain energy by consuming other organisms
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