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Evolution - correct answers✅✅Evolution is the process of change that has
transformed life on Earth
DNA - correct answers✅✅Deoxyribonucleic acid: a long linear polymer
found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a
double helix
Biology - correct answers✅✅The scientific study of life
Eukaryotic Cell - correct answers✅✅A type of cell with a membrane-
enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Organisms with
eukaryotic cells (protists, plants, fungi, and animals) are called eukaryotes.
Prokaryotic Cell - correct answers✅✅A type of cell lacking a membrane-
enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Organisms with
prokaryotic cells (bacteria and archaea) are called prokaryotes.
Biosphere - correct answers✅✅The entire portion of Earth inhabited by
life; the sum of all the planet's ecosystems.
Ecosystems - correct answers✅✅All the organisms in a given area as well
as the abiotic factors with which they interact; one or more communities and
the physical environment around them
Community - correct answers✅✅All the organisms that inhabit a
particular area; an assemblage of populations of different species living close
enough together for potential interaction.
Population - correct answers✅✅A group of individuals of the same species
that live in the same area and interbreed, producing fertile offspring.
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Organism - correct answers✅✅a creature such as a plant, animal or a
single-celled life form, or something that has interdependent parts and that
is being compared to a living creature
Organs - correct answers✅✅A specialized center of body function
composed of several different types of tissues.
Organ Systems - correct answers✅✅A group of organs that work together
in performing vital body functions.
Tissues - correct answers✅✅An integrated group of cells with a common
structure, function, or both.
Organelles - correct answers✅✅Any of several membrane-enclosed
structures with specialized functions, suspended in the cytosol of eukaryotic
cells.
Cell - correct answers✅✅The part of a neuron that houses the nucleus
and most other organelles.
Molecule - correct answers✅✅Two or more atoms held together by
covalent bonds.
Negative Feedback - correct answers✅✅A form of regulation in which
accumulation of an end product of a process slows the process; in
physiology, a primary mechanism of homeostasis, whereby a change in a
variable triggers a response that counteracts the initial change.
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Positive Feedback - correct answers✅✅A form of regulation in which an
end product of a process speeds up that process; in physiology, a control
mechanism in which a change in a variable triggers a response that
reinforces or amplifies the change.
Adaptation - correct answers✅✅Inherited characteristic of an organism
that enhances its survival and reproduction in a specific environment.
What are the 7 Characteristics of Life? - correct answers✅✅1. Order
2. Regulation
3. Energy Processing
4. Evolutionary Adaptation
5. Response to the Environment
6. Reproduction
7. Growth and Development
Metabolism - correct answers✅✅The totality of an organism's chemical
reactions, consisting of catabolic and anabolic pathways, which manage the
material and energy resources of the organism.
What are the three domains by which all living organisms are classified? -
correct answers✅✅Domain Bacteria
Domain Archaea
Domain Eukarya
What are the 4 kingdoms in the Domain Eukarya? - correct
answers✅✅Plantae
Animalia
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Fungi
Protista
What are Bacteria? - correct answers✅✅All unicellular prokaryotic (no
nucleus) organisms with peptidoglycan in their cell walls
What is the Theory of Natural Selection? - correct answers✅✅A process in
which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and
reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
Why is evolution considered the core theme of biology? - correct
answers✅✅Evolution accounts for the unity and diversity of life and it
explains the most fundamental aspects of all life on earth. It accounts for the
common features shared by all forms of life due to the descent from a
common ancestor.
Define Biology? What is the definition of Biology - correct
answers✅✅Biology is the scientific study of life
What is the molecule that can account for both the unity and the diversity of
life? - correct answers✅✅DNA
What is the appropriate term for an interacting group of individuals of a
single type occupying a defined area? - correct answers✅✅A Population
How would you define a Eukaryotic cell? - correct answers✅✅A eukaryotic
cell has membrane-enclosed organelles, the largest of which is usually the
nucleus
Guide
Evolution - correct answers✅✅Evolution is the process of change that has
transformed life on Earth
DNA - correct answers✅✅Deoxyribonucleic acid: a long linear polymer
found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a
double helix
Biology - correct answers✅✅The scientific study of life
Eukaryotic Cell - correct answers✅✅A type of cell with a membrane-
enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Organisms with
eukaryotic cells (protists, plants, fungi, and animals) are called eukaryotes.
Prokaryotic Cell - correct answers✅✅A type of cell lacking a membrane-
enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Organisms with
prokaryotic cells (bacteria and archaea) are called prokaryotes.
Biosphere - correct answers✅✅The entire portion of Earth inhabited by
life; the sum of all the planet's ecosystems.
Ecosystems - correct answers✅✅All the organisms in a given area as well
as the abiotic factors with which they interact; one or more communities and
the physical environment around them
Community - correct answers✅✅All the organisms that inhabit a
particular area; an assemblage of populations of different species living close
enough together for potential interaction.
Population - correct answers✅✅A group of individuals of the same species
that live in the same area and interbreed, producing fertile offspring.
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Organism - correct answers✅✅a creature such as a plant, animal or a
single-celled life form, or something that has interdependent parts and that
is being compared to a living creature
Organs - correct answers✅✅A specialized center of body function
composed of several different types of tissues.
Organ Systems - correct answers✅✅A group of organs that work together
in performing vital body functions.
Tissues - correct answers✅✅An integrated group of cells with a common
structure, function, or both.
Organelles - correct answers✅✅Any of several membrane-enclosed
structures with specialized functions, suspended in the cytosol of eukaryotic
cells.
Cell - correct answers✅✅The part of a neuron that houses the nucleus
and most other organelles.
Molecule - correct answers✅✅Two or more atoms held together by
covalent bonds.
Negative Feedback - correct answers✅✅A form of regulation in which
accumulation of an end product of a process slows the process; in
physiology, a primary mechanism of homeostasis, whereby a change in a
variable triggers a response that counteracts the initial change.
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Positive Feedback - correct answers✅✅A form of regulation in which an
end product of a process speeds up that process; in physiology, a control
mechanism in which a change in a variable triggers a response that
reinforces or amplifies the change.
Adaptation - correct answers✅✅Inherited characteristic of an organism
that enhances its survival and reproduction in a specific environment.
What are the 7 Characteristics of Life? - correct answers✅✅1. Order
2. Regulation
3. Energy Processing
4. Evolutionary Adaptation
5. Response to the Environment
6. Reproduction
7. Growth and Development
Metabolism - correct answers✅✅The totality of an organism's chemical
reactions, consisting of catabolic and anabolic pathways, which manage the
material and energy resources of the organism.
What are the three domains by which all living organisms are classified? -
correct answers✅✅Domain Bacteria
Domain Archaea
Domain Eukarya
What are the 4 kingdoms in the Domain Eukarya? - correct
answers✅✅Plantae
Animalia
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Fungi
Protista
What are Bacteria? - correct answers✅✅All unicellular prokaryotic (no
nucleus) organisms with peptidoglycan in their cell walls
What is the Theory of Natural Selection? - correct answers✅✅A process in
which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and
reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
Why is evolution considered the core theme of biology? - correct
answers✅✅Evolution accounts for the unity and diversity of life and it
explains the most fundamental aspects of all life on earth. It accounts for the
common features shared by all forms of life due to the descent from a
common ancestor.
Define Biology? What is the definition of Biology - correct
answers✅✅Biology is the scientific study of life
What is the molecule that can account for both the unity and the diversity of
life? - correct answers✅✅DNA
What is the appropriate term for an interacting group of individuals of a
single type occupying a defined area? - correct answers✅✅A Population
How would you define a Eukaryotic cell? - correct answers✅✅A eukaryotic
cell has membrane-enclosed organelles, the largest of which is usually the
nucleus
