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Quiz1 Biology
notes for first test in biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is science that seeks to understand the living world? | biology |
| What is a living object? | organism |
| What is it when you describe what something looks or feels like? | characteristic |
| What is the basic unit of all forms of life? | cell |
| What is a one celled living organism? | unicellular |
| What is a many celled living organism? | multicellular |
| What is a process by which cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism? | sexual reprodution |
| What is a process by which a single parent reproduces by itself? | asexual reproduction |
| What determines the inherited traits of every organism? | genetic code |
| What is a process in which a single fertilized egg cell divides again and again to produce the many cells of mature organisms? | development |
| What is the process in which cells become specialized in structure and function? | differentiation |
| What must all living things have to maintain energy and keep going? | energy |
| What must all living things have to grow, produce, and develop? | material |
| What process by which plant and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy and high energy carbohydrates? | photosynthesis |
| What is a process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chamicals? | chemical reaction |
| What is the smallest unit to most compounds? | molecule |
| What is effected by light and temperture? | environment |
| What is a signal to which an organism responds? | stimulus |
| What is the process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment? | homeostasis |
| What is a change in a kind of organism over time? | evolution |