Bio189- Chapter 1 Practice

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What are the domain names in the taxonomic hierarchy of life?

Bacteria, Eukarya and Archaea

What is the term for all populations of different species that occupy the same location at the same time

Community

Fungi

Heterotrophs- obtain food by external ingestion

Animalia

Heterotrophs- obtain food by ingestion

Plantae

Multi-cellular- almost all are autotrophic organisms

Which groups of eukaryotes includes many different unrelated species that are united solely because they are not fungi, plants or animals?

Protista

Protista

Unicellular and Multicellular- autotropic and heterotrophic

Inherited traits, characteristics, or behaviors that enable an organism to survive and reproduce successfully in its environment are called

adaptations

In _____________ reproduction genetic information comes from only one parents; whereas, in _____________ reproduction, genetic information from two parents unites to form an offspring.

asexual ; sexual

Particles that make up molecules are called

atoms

An area of forest, including the organisms that occupy tit and the nonliving components of its area, is an example of a(n)

ecosystem

New complex functions and characteristics that arise when the smaller components of an organism interact are called ____ properties.

emergent

A change in the genetic makeup of a population over multiple generations can also be referred to as

evolution

Using a process called _____________, living organisms maintain a state of internal constancy or equilibrium, such as a constant range of temperatures, nutrients or water.

homeostasis

What is a group of joined atoms, such as DNA

molecule

What process favors survival of specific individuals within a population based on adaptive traits that are inherited?

natural selection

A leaf is composed of several tissues organized to work together and is a(n) ___________ of a plant.

organ

______________ are membrane-bound compartments within eukayotic cells that carry out specialized functions; example- chloroplast

organelles

What term refers to members of the same species living in the same place at the same time?

population

Organisms that make their own food by obtaining energy and nutrients from nonliving sources are called

primary producers (autotrophs)


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