BIOLOGY 1406 EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS 1-3) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
5 THEMES OF LIFE - Answers 1. ORGANIZATION
2. INFORMATION
3. ENERGY AND MATTER
4. INTERACTION
5. EVOLUTION
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION - Answers BIOSPHERE, ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES,
POPULATIONS, ORGANISMS, ORGAN SYSTEMS, ORGANS, TISSUES, CELLS, ORGANELLES,
MOLECULES.
PROPERTIES OF LIFE - Answers ORDER
EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTION
RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT
REGULATION
ENERGY PROCESSING
GROWTH AND DEVELOPEMENT
REPRODUCTION
WHAT IS BIOLOGY - Answers THE STUDY OF LIFE.
BIOSPHERE IS: - Answers CONSISTS OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH AND ALL THE PLACES WHERE
LIFE EXISTS.
ECOSYSTEMS: - Answers CONSISTS OF ALL LIVING THINGS IN A PARTICULAR AREA, ALONG
WITH ALL THE NONLIVING COMPONENTS THAT LIFE INTERACTS WITH.
COMMUNITIES: - Answers CONSIST OF AN ARRAY OF ORGANISMS INHABITING THIS
PARTICULAR ECOSYSTEM.
POPULATIONS: - Answers ALL INDIVIDUALS OF ONE SPECIFIC SPECIES LIVING WITHIN THE
BOUNDS OF A SPECIFIC AREA.
ORGANISMS: - Answers ANY LIVING THING WITHIN A POPULATION. (OF THAT SPECIFIC
SPECIES)
ORGAN SYSTEM: - Answers A TEAM OF ORGANS THAT COOPERATE IN A LARGER FUNCTION.
, ORGAN: - Answers BODY PART THAT CARRIES OUT A PARTICULAR FUNCTION.
TISSUES: - Answers GROUP OF CELLS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM A SPECIALIZED
FUNCTION.
CELLS: - Answers LIFE'S FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
ORGANELLES: - Answers CARIOUS FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS PRESENT IN CELLS.
MOLECULES: - Answers A CHEMICAL STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE SMALL
CHEMICAL UNITS CALLED ATOMS.
REDUCTIONISM - Answers "ZOOMING IN", REDUCTION OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS TO SIMPLER
COMPONENTS THAT ARE MORE MANAGEABLE TO STUDY.
EMERGENT PROPERTIES - Answers "ZOOMING OUT", RESULT FROM THE ARRANGEMENT AND
INTERACTION OF PARTS WITHIN A SYSTEM.
EUKARYOTIC CELL - Answers MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED ORGANELLES.
PROKARYOTIC CELL - Answers NO NUCLEUS OR OTHER MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED ORGANELLES.
SIMPLER, SMALLER
IN CELLS, ____ STORE GENETIC INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF _____. - Answers
CHROMOSOMES, DNA (DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID)
CHROMOSOME - Answers 1 LONG DNA MOLECULE WITH HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF
GENES.
GENE IS/DOES. - Answers IS:THE UNITS OF INHERITANCE.
DOES: ENCODES INFORMATION FOR BUILDING THE MOLECULES SYNTHESIZED WITHIN THE
CELL.
GENE EXPRESSION - Answers DNA IS TRANSCRIBED INTO RNA WHICH IS TRANSLATED INTO
PROTEIN. AKA THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING INFORMATION FROM GENE TO CELLULAR
PRODUCT.
HOW DOES ENERGY FLOW THROUGHOUT THE ECOSYSTEM? - Answers ENTERS AS SUNLIGHT
AND EXITS AS HEAT.
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK - Answers THE RESPONSE REDUCES THE INITIAL STIMULUS. (BLOOD
SUGAR TO INSULIN PRODUCTION)
EVOLUTION - Answers THE PROCESS OF CHANGE THAT HAS TRANSFORMED LIFE ON EARTH.
EVOLUTION IS THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION FOR BOTH ___ AND ____ OF ORGANISMS. -
Answers UNITY, DIVERSITY.
UPDATE 2025/2026
5 THEMES OF LIFE - Answers 1. ORGANIZATION
2. INFORMATION
3. ENERGY AND MATTER
4. INTERACTION
5. EVOLUTION
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION - Answers BIOSPHERE, ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES,
POPULATIONS, ORGANISMS, ORGAN SYSTEMS, ORGANS, TISSUES, CELLS, ORGANELLES,
MOLECULES.
PROPERTIES OF LIFE - Answers ORDER
EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTION
RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT
REGULATION
ENERGY PROCESSING
GROWTH AND DEVELOPEMENT
REPRODUCTION
WHAT IS BIOLOGY - Answers THE STUDY OF LIFE.
BIOSPHERE IS: - Answers CONSISTS OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH AND ALL THE PLACES WHERE
LIFE EXISTS.
ECOSYSTEMS: - Answers CONSISTS OF ALL LIVING THINGS IN A PARTICULAR AREA, ALONG
WITH ALL THE NONLIVING COMPONENTS THAT LIFE INTERACTS WITH.
COMMUNITIES: - Answers CONSIST OF AN ARRAY OF ORGANISMS INHABITING THIS
PARTICULAR ECOSYSTEM.
POPULATIONS: - Answers ALL INDIVIDUALS OF ONE SPECIFIC SPECIES LIVING WITHIN THE
BOUNDS OF A SPECIFIC AREA.
ORGANISMS: - Answers ANY LIVING THING WITHIN A POPULATION. (OF THAT SPECIFIC
SPECIES)
ORGAN SYSTEM: - Answers A TEAM OF ORGANS THAT COOPERATE IN A LARGER FUNCTION.
, ORGAN: - Answers BODY PART THAT CARRIES OUT A PARTICULAR FUNCTION.
TISSUES: - Answers GROUP OF CELLS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PERFORM A SPECIALIZED
FUNCTION.
CELLS: - Answers LIFE'S FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
ORGANELLES: - Answers CARIOUS FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS PRESENT IN CELLS.
MOLECULES: - Answers A CHEMICAL STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE SMALL
CHEMICAL UNITS CALLED ATOMS.
REDUCTIONISM - Answers "ZOOMING IN", REDUCTION OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS TO SIMPLER
COMPONENTS THAT ARE MORE MANAGEABLE TO STUDY.
EMERGENT PROPERTIES - Answers "ZOOMING OUT", RESULT FROM THE ARRANGEMENT AND
INTERACTION OF PARTS WITHIN A SYSTEM.
EUKARYOTIC CELL - Answers MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED ORGANELLES.
PROKARYOTIC CELL - Answers NO NUCLEUS OR OTHER MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED ORGANELLES.
SIMPLER, SMALLER
IN CELLS, ____ STORE GENETIC INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF _____. - Answers
CHROMOSOMES, DNA (DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID)
CHROMOSOME - Answers 1 LONG DNA MOLECULE WITH HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF
GENES.
GENE IS/DOES. - Answers IS:THE UNITS OF INHERITANCE.
DOES: ENCODES INFORMATION FOR BUILDING THE MOLECULES SYNTHESIZED WITHIN THE
CELL.
GENE EXPRESSION - Answers DNA IS TRANSCRIBED INTO RNA WHICH IS TRANSLATED INTO
PROTEIN. AKA THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING INFORMATION FROM GENE TO CELLULAR
PRODUCT.
HOW DOES ENERGY FLOW THROUGHOUT THE ECOSYSTEM? - Answers ENTERS AS SUNLIGHT
AND EXITS AS HEAT.
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK - Answers THE RESPONSE REDUCES THE INITIAL STIMULUS. (BLOOD
SUGAR TO INSULIN PRODUCTION)
EVOLUTION - Answers THE PROCESS OF CHANGE THAT HAS TRANSFORMED LIFE ON EARTH.
EVOLUTION IS THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION FOR BOTH ___ AND ____ OF ORGANISMS. -
Answers UNITY, DIVERSITY.
