Penn Foster Biology. The Cell
What do prokaryotic organisms lack? - answer The membrane-bounded nucleus and
membranous organellez typical of eukaryotes.
Domain Eukarya Kingdoms - answer Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia
What is domain Archaea made up of? – answer Prokaryotic, unicellular organisms
Where can you find prokaryotic organisms? - answer In extreme habitats like deep
ocean vents
What does the Domain Bacteria consist of? - answer Domain bacteria consists of
prokaryotic, unicellular bacteria.
What is photosynthesis - answerThe process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight
and uses it to make food
What is energy? - answerThe capacity to do work
What is inductive reasoning? - answerA method of reasoning in which the premises are
viewed as supplying strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion.
How do biologists name organisms? - answerBinomial naming
What is binomial naming - answerTwo part scientific naming
What is biodiversity? - answerThe variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or
ecosystem.
What is bioethics? - answerThe branch of ethics concerned with the development and
consequences of biological beings.
What is evolution? - answerThe process in which organisms change over time to be
more suited for their environment.
What are adaptations? - answerModifications that make organisms suited to their way
of life
, What is homeostasis? - answerThe maintenance of internal conditions within certain
boundaries
What is a biosphere? - answerRegions of the Earth's crust, water, and atmosphere
inhabited by living organisms
What are protists? - answerA eukaryotic organism (some are single-celled, some are
multicellular)
What are heterotrophs? - answerOrganisms that get their energy from eating other
organisms
What are autotrophs? - answerorganisms that produce their own food through the
process of photosynthesis.
Currently there are how many kingdoms? - answerFour
What is natural selection? - answerThe idea that the fittest survive and pass along their
traits to their offspring.
What are the smallest units of life? - answerCells
A modification that makes organisms more suited to their environment is - answerAn
adaptation
What are the properties of life that support life? - answer1. Solvency
2. Cohesion and Adhesion
3. High Surface Tension
4. High Heat. Capacity
5. High Heat of Vaporization
6. Varying Density
How does water dissolve nonionic substances? (Like long chains of glucose) -
answerBy forming H Bonds with them.
What is an H Bond? - answerA hydrogen bond
What are the levels of biological organization? (Smallest to largest) - answer1. Atom
2. Molecule
3. Cell
4. Tissue
5. Organ
6. Organ System
7. Organism
8. Population
9. Community
What do prokaryotic organisms lack? - answer The membrane-bounded nucleus and
membranous organellez typical of eukaryotes.
Domain Eukarya Kingdoms - answer Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia
What is domain Archaea made up of? – answer Prokaryotic, unicellular organisms
Where can you find prokaryotic organisms? - answer In extreme habitats like deep
ocean vents
What does the Domain Bacteria consist of? - answer Domain bacteria consists of
prokaryotic, unicellular bacteria.
What is photosynthesis - answerThe process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight
and uses it to make food
What is energy? - answerThe capacity to do work
What is inductive reasoning? - answerA method of reasoning in which the premises are
viewed as supplying strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion.
How do biologists name organisms? - answerBinomial naming
What is binomial naming - answerTwo part scientific naming
What is biodiversity? - answerThe variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or
ecosystem.
What is bioethics? - answerThe branch of ethics concerned with the development and
consequences of biological beings.
What is evolution? - answerThe process in which organisms change over time to be
more suited for their environment.
What are adaptations? - answerModifications that make organisms suited to their way
of life
, What is homeostasis? - answerThe maintenance of internal conditions within certain
boundaries
What is a biosphere? - answerRegions of the Earth's crust, water, and atmosphere
inhabited by living organisms
What are protists? - answerA eukaryotic organism (some are single-celled, some are
multicellular)
What are heterotrophs? - answerOrganisms that get their energy from eating other
organisms
What are autotrophs? - answerorganisms that produce their own food through the
process of photosynthesis.
Currently there are how many kingdoms? - answerFour
What is natural selection? - answerThe idea that the fittest survive and pass along their
traits to their offspring.
What are the smallest units of life? - answerCells
A modification that makes organisms more suited to their environment is - answerAn
adaptation
What are the properties of life that support life? - answer1. Solvency
2. Cohesion and Adhesion
3. High Surface Tension
4. High Heat. Capacity
5. High Heat of Vaporization
6. Varying Density
How does water dissolve nonionic substances? (Like long chains of glucose) -
answerBy forming H Bonds with them.
What is an H Bond? - answerA hydrogen bond
What are the levels of biological organization? (Smallest to largest) - answer1. Atom
2. Molecule
3. Cell
4. Tissue
5. Organ
6. Organ System
7. Organism
8. Population
9. Community
