Biology 103 FINAL EXAM (Final exam study guide for Biology 103 (Principles of Biology) With Complete Solutions.
(1) Orderliness, complexity, organization
(2) energy use and production, metabolism
(3) balance, homeostasis
(4) irritability, adaptation (evolution)
(5) reproduction, growth, development - Answer What are the key characteristics of living things?
metabolism - Answer The sum of all the chemical reactions that take place in the body is called _____.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Specific Epithet - Answer Taxonomic Heirarchy (IN ORDER!)
genus and specific epithet - Answer What two parts make up a scientific name?
The process that scientists use to evaluate ideas and information. - Answer What is the scientific method?
Observation, Information, Hypothesis, Repeated experimentation, conclusion, retest conclusions - Answer What are the parts of the scientific method?
The scientific naming and classifying of organisms - Answer What is taxonomy?
Binomial Nomenclature - Answer What is the proper term for a scientific name?
Carl Linnaeus - Answer Who developed binomial nomenclature?
scientific theory - Answer A _____ _____ is a hypothesis that has withstood the test of time and much experimentation
control group - Answer In experiments, a _____ _____ is a group that is the same as
an experimental group except for one variable; used as a standard of comparison
basic unit of matter - Answer What is an atom?
Protons (nucleus), Neutrons (nucleus), Electrons (electron shells). - Answer What are the 3 subatomic particles in an atom and where are they found?
positive - Answer What is the charge of a proton?
neutral - Answer What is the charge of a neutron?
negative - Answer What is the charge of an electron?
It is the atomic number - Answer What is the importance of the proton number in an atom? Biology 103 FINAL EXAM (Final exam study guide for Biology 103 (Principles of Biology) With Complete Solutions.
Electrons in the outermost shell, they determine the number of bonds that an atom will form - Answer What are valence electrons and what do they determine?
Isotopes - Answer _____ are atoms of the same element which have different atomic
weights because they have different numbers of neutrons
Adhesion - Answer _____ is the clinging of one substance to another. This makes water a particularly good solvent.
III and IV - Answer I. Adenine, II Guanine, III Thymine, IV Cysosine: From the list of nitrogenous bases above, which are pyrimidines?
element - Answer A(n) _____ is a substance made of only one kind of atom, and can't be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions
Starch - Answer _____ is the energy-storing polysaccharide of plants.
lipids - Answer Fats, oils, and waxes are all _____.
Electrons - Answer _____ are negatively charged particles that orbit the nucleus of an atom.
covalent - Answer A(n) _____ bond involves the equal sharing of valence electrons.
unpaired electrons in its outermost electron shell - Answer An atom can form as many bonds as there are...?
Protons, neutrons - Answer _____ bear a positive electrical charge, while _____ have no electrical charge.
electronegativity - Answer The ability of an atom to attract electrons from another atom is called _____.
polypeptide - Answer A long chain of many amino acids is called a _____.
protons, neutrons - Answer The nucleus of an atom contains _____ and _____.
dehydration synthesis, disaccharide - Answer When 2 molecules of glucose are joined by _____, one molecule of water is removed and a _____ is formed.
I and II - Answer I. Adenine, II Guanine, III Thymine, IV Cytosine: From the list of nitrogenous bases above, which are the purines?
organic and inorganic - Answer Water is a(n) _____ compound.
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