BIOL 1104 Final Exam Questions With
Outlined Answers
\.abiotic - Answer- non-living
\.autotroph - Answer- An organism that makes its own food.
\.asexual reproduction - Answer- a reproductive process that involves only one parent and
produces offspring that are identical to the parent
\.biotic - Answer- living
\.biosphere - Answer- Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists,
including land, water, and the atmosphere.
\.cell specialization - Answer- Cells throughout an organism can develop in different ways to
perform different tasks.
\.cell differentation - Answer- Process by which cells become different types of cells
\.carbon cycle - Answer- Cyclic movement of carbon in different chemical forms from the
environment to organisms and then back to the environment.
, \.cell differentiation - Answer- the process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific
structure or function
\.chemical bond - Answer- the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together where the
energy in a compound is stored
\.chromosome pair - Answer- identical copies of a single chromosome
copy of mom chromosome 1 next to mom chromosome 1
\.consumer - Answer- an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
\.deletion - Answer- the loss of a part of DNA from a chromosome
\.detritivore - Answer- An organism (like the earthworm) that feeds on decaying matter after
it has been broken down by decomposers.
\.DNA - 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 - 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 - Answer- two strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure of
DNA
Outlined Answers
\.abiotic - Answer- non-living
\.autotroph - Answer- An organism that makes its own food.
\.asexual reproduction - Answer- a reproductive process that involves only one parent and
produces offspring that are identical to the parent
\.biotic - Answer- living
\.biosphere - Answer- Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists,
including land, water, and the atmosphere.
\.cell specialization - Answer- Cells throughout an organism can develop in different ways to
perform different tasks.
\.cell differentation - Answer- Process by which cells become different types of cells
\.carbon cycle - Answer- Cyclic movement of carbon in different chemical forms from the
environment to organisms and then back to the environment.
, \.cell differentiation - Answer- the process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific
structure or function
\.chemical bond - Answer- the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together where the
energy in a compound is stored
\.chromosome pair - Answer- identical copies of a single chromosome
copy of mom chromosome 1 next to mom chromosome 1
\.consumer - Answer- an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
\.deletion - Answer- the loss of a part of DNA from a chromosome
\.detritivore - Answer- An organism (like the earthworm) that feeds on decaying matter after
it has been broken down by decomposers.
\.DNA - 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 - 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 - Answer- two strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure of
DNA
