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Module 1: Vocabulary Quiz
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1Living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye: [blank_start]microorganisms[blank_end]
- Amicroorganisms
2A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data: [blank_start]theory[blank_end]
- Atheory
3Naming an organism with its genus and species name: [blank_start]binomial[blank_end] [blank_start]nomenclature[blank_end]
- Abinomial
- Bnomenclature
4Reproduction accomplished by a single organism: [blank_start]asexual[blank_end] [blank_start]reproduction[blank_end]
- Aasexual
- Breproduction
5A unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other such units: [blank_start]species[blank_end]
- Aspecies
6The sum total of all processes in an organisms which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy and matter to sustain the organism's life functions: [blank_start]metabolism[blank_end]
- Ametabolism
7Organisms that eat only organisms other than plants: [blank_start]carnivores[blank_end]
- Acarnivores
8Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms: [blank_start]omnivores[blank_end]
- Aomnivores
9The idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions: [blank_start]abiogenesis[blank_end]
- Aabiogenesis
10All life forms contain: [blank_start]DNA[blank_end]
- ADNA
11All life forms can sense [blank_start]changes[blank_end] in their surroundings and [blank_start]respond[blank_end] to those changes
- Achanges
- Brespond
12All life forms have a method by which they extract [blank_start]energy[blank_end] from the surroundings and convert it into [blank_start]energy[blank_end] that sustains them
- Aenergy
- Benergy
13All life forms [blank_start]reproduce[blank_end]
- Areproduce
14Reproduction that requires two organisms: [blank_start]sexual[blank_end] [blank_start]reproduction[blank_end]
- Asexual
- Breproduction
15Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food: [blank_start]heterotrophs[blank_end]
- Aheterotrophs
16Special structures that allow organisms to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment: [blank_start]receptors[blank_end]
- Areceptors
17An abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents: [blank_start]mutation[blank_end]
- Amutation
18Organisms that eat only plants: [blank_start]herbivores[blank_end]
- Aherbivores
19The sum total of all processes in an organism which use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life: [blank_start]anabolism[blank_end]
- Aanabolism
20Organisms that are able to make their own food: [blank_start]autotrophs[blank_end]
- Aautotrophs
21The sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks: [blank_start]catabolism[blank_end]
- Acatabolism
22A cell with distinct, membrane-bounded organelles: [blank_start]eukaryotic[blank_end] [blank_start]cell[blank_end]
- Aeukaryotic
- Bcell
23The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food: [blank_start]photosynthesis[blank_end]
- Aphotosynthesis
24Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms: [blank_start]decomposers[blank_end]
- Adecomposers
25The science of classifying organisms: [blank_start]taxonomy[blank_end]
- Ataxonomy
26Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food: [blank_start]consumers[blank_end]
- Aconsumers
27Deoxyribonucleic acid: [blank_start]DNA[blank_end]
- ADNA
28Organisms that produce their own food: [blank_start]producers[blank_end]
- Aproducers
29An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question: [blank_start]hypothesis[blank_end]
- Ahypothesis
30A cell that has no distinct, membrane-bounded organelles: [blank_start]prokaryotic[blank_end] [blank_start]cell[blank_end]
- Aprokaryotic
- Bcell
31A theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data: [blank_start]scientific[blank_end] [blank_start]law[blank_end]
- Ascientific
- Blaw
32The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring: [blank_start]inheritance[blank_end]
- Ainheritance
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- Complete this quiz to make sure you know the vocabulary for Module 1. You will need to type in the terms to match the definitions in this quiz so make sure you study. Flashcards can be found in the Quizlet Biology class.
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- Created on 15 Feb 2017 · updated on 15 Feb 2017
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