BSCC 1010 Campbell Bio. 10th ed. Chapter 1 (Practice questions with correct answers)

What is biology? correct answers The scientific study of living things What defines life? correct answers 1. Made up of complex parts 2. Highly structured order 3. Inheritance and reproduction 4. DNA 5. Growth and development 6. Energy utilization 7. Responding to environment 8. Homeostasis 9. Evolutionary adaptation DNA is the molecule of ___________. correct answers Inheritance All properties and characteristics of life emerge from the order that is readily apparent in all living things: correct answers Highly Structured Order -Multicelled organisms develop -Series of stages -Instructions for each stage in DNA correct answers Growth and Development Energy is what? correct answers The capacity to do work The reactions by which cells: - obtain/convert energy from surroundings - use this energy for maintenance, growth and reproduction correct answers Metabolism Organisms sense changes in their environment and make responses to them: correct answers Responding to the enviroment Establishing a balance of internal conditions with external stimuli is what? correct answers Homeostasis What gives the individual an advantage in survival or reproduction? correct answers Evolutionary Adaptation Energy flow usually starts with energy from the ___. correct answers Sun The following fall under what? Subatomic Particles Atom