The Science of Life
Chapter 1 Study Guide
Biology
1. List the three objectives found on page 5 of your textbook.
2. What is an organism?
3. What is biology?
4. What are the six unifying themes in biology?
5. What is the difference between a unicellular organism and a multicellular organism?
6. What is differentiation?
7. What is homeostasis?
8. Define the term reproduction.
9. What is DNA?
10. What is a gene?
11. What is the difference between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction?
12. Define the term evolve.
13. What is natural selection?
14. What is ecology?
15. What is photosynthesis?
16. What is the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs?
17. List the three objectives found on page 11 of your textbook.
18. List the six characteristics of life.
19. Define the following terms:
metabolism
cell division
development
20. List the four objectives found on page 14 of your textbook.
21. What is data?
22. What is an observation?
23. What is sampling?
24. What is a hypothesis?
25. What is a prediction?
26. What is an experiment?
27. How would you conduct a controlled experiment?
28. Compare and contrast independent variables and dependent variables.
29. What is an inference?
30. What is a theory?
31. List the two objectives found on page 21.
32. Describe the parts of a light microscope. Explain how its power of magnification is determined.
33. List and describe two different types of electron microscopes.
34. What is the SI sytem?
35. List the seven fundamental base units and their symbols.