Bio 104 Exam 1 Chapter 1 Questions and
Answers
Understand the diversity of life and list the 6 kingdoms - Answer -learning obj
Biology - Answer -the study of living things, the science of life
there are enough similarities among_________ that they can be grouped into the same
_______ - Answer -living things; kingdom
What are the 6 kingdoms? - Answer -1. Animal
2. Plant
3. Protist
4. Fungi
5. Bacteria
6. Archaea
What are the 3 domains? - Answer -1. Bacteria
2. Archaea
3. Eukarya
the 6 kingdoms are grouped into - Answer -3 domains
Theory of Evolution - Answer -explains the unity & diversity of life
Bacteria (domain) - Answer -prokaryotes, no nucleus, found everywhere
→is a kingdom
Archaea (domain) - Answer -prokaryotes, no nucleus, found in extreme environments
→is a kingdom
Eukarya (domain) - Answer -Eukaryotic; single & multi-cellular
→unicellular: protists
→multicellular: plants, fungi, and animals
IS NOT A KINGDOM
Know the 5 basic properties of living things - Answer -learning obj
, What qualifies something as "living" versus "non-living?" - Answer -A life-defining
property must be exclusive to living things.
what are the life-defining property of living things. - Answer -Complexity
Movement
Response to stimulation
5 basic properties of living things - Answer -1. Cellular Organization
2. Metabolism
3. Homeostasis
4. Growth and Reproduction
5. Heredity
Cellular Organization - Answer -All living things consist of at least one cell, and are
made up of membrane-bound cells
→can be unicellular or multicellular
A cell
-(under cellular organization in properties of life) - Answer --tiny compartment with a thin
covering called a membrane
-the smallest units of an organism that carry out all the basic functions of life; nothing
simpler than a cell is considered alive.
Metabolism - Answer -All living things process energy which is used to power other
processes.
→uses energy no matter how you get it, if you acquire it (from the sun) or eat it
All organisms acquire and use energy
-(under metabolism in properties of life) - Answer -Moving, growing, thinking—
everything you do requires energy.
Homeostasis - Answer --All living things maintain relatively stable internal environments
to optimize conditions for metabolism and other processes.
→balance
--The internal environment of organisms is relatively stable.
--Organisms act to control their internal environments so that the complex processes of
metabolism functions efficiently.
Homeostasis is a physiological condition of
-(under homeostasis in properties of life) - Answer -"steady-state"
Several ways of maintaining homeostasis in humans - Answer --growth & reproduction
-heredity
Growth and reproduction - Answer -Living cells undergo replication independently
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