BIOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2025
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
abiotic - correct answer- non-living
autotroph - correct answer- An organism that makes its own
food.
asexual reproduction - correct answer- a reproductive process
that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are
identical to the parent
biotic - correct answer- living
biosphere - correct answer- Consists of all life on Earth and all
parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and
the atmosphere.
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cell specialization - correct answer- Cells throughout an
organism can develop in different ways to perform different
tasks.
cell differentation - correct answer- Process by which cells
become different types of cells
carbon cycle - correct answer- Cyclic movement of carbon in
different chemical forms from the environment to organisms
and then back to the environment.
cell differentiation - correct answer- the process by which a cell
becomes specialized for a specific structure or function
chemical bond - correct answer- the attractive force that holds
atoms or ions together where the energy in a compound is
stored
chromosome pair - correct answer- identical copies of a single
chromosome
copy of mom chromosome 1 next to mom chromosome 1
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consumer - correct answer- an organism that obtains energy by
feeding on other organisms
deletion - correct answer- the loss of a part of DNA from a
chromosome
detritivore - correct answer- An organism (like the earthworm)
that feeds on decaying matter after it has been broken down by
decomposers.
DNA - correct answer- deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic
material that carries information about an organism that is
passed from parent to offspring AND is used by an individual as
the recipe for making proteins
DNA sequence - correct answer- The sequence, or order, in
which the nitrogenous bases adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine
(G), and thymine (T) are arranged in a gene or a DNA
fragment, or in an organism's genome.
double helix - correct answer- two strands of nucleotides wound
about each other; structure of DNA