BIO 100 MIDTERM EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ organization
Answer: made of cells with specialized parts
◉ reproduce
Answer: producing offspring continue the species
◉ grow and develop
Answer: mature
◉ respond to the environment
Answer: stimulate adaptation - homeostasis
◉ adaptation
Answer: any modification that makes an organism better able to
function in a particular environment
◉ evolution
,Answer: change in a population of organisms over time to become
more suited to the environment
◉ ATP
Answer: energy for living things
◉ taxonomy
Answer: the branch of biology that identifies, names, and
classifies organisms
◉ systematics
Answer: the study of evolutionary relationships between
organisms
◉ science
Answer: the attempt to understand the biological and physical
world around us
◉ Democritus and Aristotle
Answer: theorized about matter and the human body, greek
philosophers
◉ Alfred Nobel
Answer: manufactured nitroglycerin, invented dynamite
, ◉ Marie Curie
Answer: pioneer woman scientist, Nobel prize for radioactivity,
polonium and radium
◉ Gregor Mendel
Answer: father of genetics, studied inheritance
◉ Joseph Listeer
Answer: pioneer antiseptics, reduced infection death rates by
66% - listerine
◉ Watson and Crick
Answer: discovered the structure of DNA
◉ Rachel Carson
Answer: fought for pesticide regulations
◉ pure science
Answer: continually incorporates the use of the scientific method
- astronomy, biology, chemistry
◉ non-science
Answer: astrology theology, literature
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ organization
Answer: made of cells with specialized parts
◉ reproduce
Answer: producing offspring continue the species
◉ grow and develop
Answer: mature
◉ respond to the environment
Answer: stimulate adaptation - homeostasis
◉ adaptation
Answer: any modification that makes an organism better able to
function in a particular environment
◉ evolution
,Answer: change in a population of organisms over time to become
more suited to the environment
◉ ATP
Answer: energy for living things
◉ taxonomy
Answer: the branch of biology that identifies, names, and
classifies organisms
◉ systematics
Answer: the study of evolutionary relationships between
organisms
◉ science
Answer: the attempt to understand the biological and physical
world around us
◉ Democritus and Aristotle
Answer: theorized about matter and the human body, greek
philosophers
◉ Alfred Nobel
Answer: manufactured nitroglycerin, invented dynamite
, ◉ Marie Curie
Answer: pioneer woman scientist, Nobel prize for radioactivity,
polonium and radium
◉ Gregor Mendel
Answer: father of genetics, studied inheritance
◉ Joseph Listeer
Answer: pioneer antiseptics, reduced infection death rates by
66% - listerine
◉ Watson and Crick
Answer: discovered the structure of DNA
◉ Rachel Carson
Answer: fought for pesticide regulations
◉ pure science
Answer: continually incorporates the use of the scientific method
- astronomy, biology, chemistry
◉ non-science
Answer: astrology theology, literature
