Shadwick Test Questions with All
Correct Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
Emergent Properties - Answer a property that a complex system has but the individual
members of the system do not.
example: saltiness, because NaCl is salty not Na or Cl.
-all aspects of life contain emergent properties.
Viruses - Answer cellular nonliving structures that require a living cell to reproduce (obligate
parasites).
single celled, has an outer capsid that protects nucleic acid core (RNA) , and requires a host cell
to reproduce. have the ability to reproduce, adapt, are organized, respond to stimuli, and
acquire energy and materials.
2 Main Components of Viruses - Answer Capsid - outer portion comprised of proteins
Nucleic Acid Core (DNA or RNA)
Virus Life Cycle - Answer Attachment, Entry, Replication, Biosynthesis, Assembly, Building of
Emergence, Repeat
Qualities Of Life - Answer Living things are organized, acquire materials, reproduce, respond
to stimuli, are homeostatic, grow and develop, have the capacity to adapt.
Individuals do not evolve.
Biosphere - Answer The sum of all life
Tissue - Answer a group of cells that perform a particular function
Metabolism - Answer all of the chemical reactions that occur in a cell
, Energy - Answer capacity to do work
Systematics - Answer study of the evolutionary relationships between organisms
Basic Classifications (most inclusive to lease species) - Answer Domain, Kingdom, Phylum,
Order, Class, Family, Genus, and Species
The 3 Domains - Answer The largest classification category.
1. Archaea
2. Bacteria
-Both are prokaryotes.
3. Eukarya (4 kingdoms)
Taxonomy - Answer Discipline of identifying and grouping organisms according to certain
rules
Prokatyotes - Answer lack the membrane bound nucleus found in the cells of eukaryotes in
domain eukarya (found in nucleus)
Kingdoms - Answer Eukaryotes -
protists, fungi, plants, animals
Protists - Answer Single Celled Organisms, fewer multicellular species
Fungi - Answer Familiar molds and mushrooms that help decompose dead organisms
Plants - Answer multicellular photosynthesizers
Animals - Answer multicellular and ingest food
Law - Answer a description of a pattern in nature