(Honors Biology) Unit 1 Review
Questions and Correct Answers
System ✅changing, organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole
Feedback ✅information that is compared with a set of ideal values and aids in
maintaining homeostasis
Model ✅a pattern, plan, representation, or description designed to show the structure
or workings of an object, system, or concept
Emergent property ✅a property that a system has, but that the individual components
of the system do not have
Ecosystem ✅collection of organisms and nonliving things, such as climate, soil, water,
and rocks, in an area
Organism ✅any individual living thing
Biotic factors ✅living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
Abiotic factors ✅nonliving factors in an ecosystem, such as moisture, temperature,
wind, sunlight, soil, and minerals
Homeostasis ✅regulation and maintenance of constant internal conditions in an
organism
Organ system ✅two or more organs that work in a coordinated way to carry out similar
functions
Organ ✅group of different types of tissues that work together to perform a specific
function or related functions
Tissue ✅group of cells that work together to perform a similar function
Cell ✅basic unit of life
Cell differentiation ✅process by which unspecialized cells develop into their mature
form and function
Questions and Correct Answers
System ✅changing, organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole
Feedback ✅information that is compared with a set of ideal values and aids in
maintaining homeostasis
Model ✅a pattern, plan, representation, or description designed to show the structure
or workings of an object, system, or concept
Emergent property ✅a property that a system has, but that the individual components
of the system do not have
Ecosystem ✅collection of organisms and nonliving things, such as climate, soil, water,
and rocks, in an area
Organism ✅any individual living thing
Biotic factors ✅living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
Abiotic factors ✅nonliving factors in an ecosystem, such as moisture, temperature,
wind, sunlight, soil, and minerals
Homeostasis ✅regulation and maintenance of constant internal conditions in an
organism
Organ system ✅two or more organs that work in a coordinated way to carry out similar
functions
Organ ✅group of different types of tissues that work together to perform a specific
function or related functions
Tissue ✅group of cells that work together to perform a similar function
Cell ✅basic unit of life
Cell differentiation ✅process by which unspecialized cells develop into their mature
form and function
