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CAMPBELL, "BIOLOGY", 11TH EDITION TERMS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
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CAMPBELL, "BIOLOGY", 11TH EDITIONTERMS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Biology - Answer-The study of life
Biosphere - Answer-All life on Earth and all the places where life exists.
Ecosystem - Answer-All the living things in a particular area, along with all the nonliving
components of the environment with which life interacts.
Community - Answer-The array of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem.
Population - Answer-All the individuals of a species living within the bounds of a
specified area.
Organism - Answer-Individual living thing.
Organ - Answer-A body part that carries out a particular function in the body.
Tissue - Answer-A group of cells that work together, performing a specialized function.
Cell - Answer-Life's fundamental unit of structure and function.
Organelle - Answer-Various functional components present in cells.
Molecule - Answer-A chemical structure consisting of two or more units called atoms.
Emergent Properties - Answer-Novel characteristics that develop at each level that are
absent from the preceding level.
Systems Biology - Answer-exploration of a biological system by analyzing the
interactions
Eukaryote - Answer-Cells containing membrane-enclosed organelles.
Prokaryote - Answer-Cells lacking a nucleus or other membrane-enclosed organelles.
DNA - Answer-chromosomes contains genetic material called
Genes - Answer-units of inheritance; sections of the DNA of the chromosome; encode
the info necessary to build all the synthesized molecules
, Gene Expression - Answer-process by which the info in a gene directs the manufacture
of a cellular product
Genome - Answer-entire "library" of genetic instructions that an organism inherits
Feedback Regulation - Answer-A process in which the output, or product, of a process
regulates the very process itself.
Negative Feedback - Answer-A loop in which the response reduces the initial stimulus.
Positive Feedback - Answer-A loop in which the response speeds up its own
production.
Independent Variable - Answer-The one factor in an experiment that you intentionally
change.
Dependent Variable - Answer-The factor in an experiment that is influenced by the
manipulation of another factor.
Control - Answer-The group in an experiment which is used as a standard for
comparison.
Constant - Answer-A factor in an experiment that does not change.
Domain - Answer-The highest level of classification of living organisms
Kingdom - Answer-High-level groupings of organisms that are distinguished partly by
their modes of nutrition
Eukarya - Answer-The domain that includes Kingdoms Plantae, Animalia, and Fungi.
Bacteria - Answer-The domain that includes prokaryotes which are the most diverse
and widespread of all kingdoms.
Archaea - Answer-The domain that includes prokaryotes that live in Earth's most
extreme environments.
Evolution - Answer-The process of change that has transformed life on Earth from its
earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today.
Inquiry - Answer-search for information and explanations of natural phenomena
inductive reasoning - Answer-collecting and analyzing observations can lead to
important conclusions
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