Biology H - Mr.Willets
Read the indicated pages and answer these questions
pg 5
1) Life arose on earth about how long ago? _________________________
2) What word means "living thing" __________________
pg 6
3) What are the six major themes of our biology book? a)_________________
b) __________________________ c) ______________________________
d)______________________ e) ___________________________
f)_________________________________________
4) All organisms are made of _______________ Organisms made of just one cell are called
_______________________ Organisms made of more than one cell are called ____________________
5) The cells in a multicellular organism are __________________ from each other. They underwent _________________________ as the organism grew.
6) Organisms maintain a stable level of internal conditions. This is called _____________________
pg 7
7) The process of _______________________ is when an organism makes new organisms similar to itself.
8) To reproduce, the parent must transmit hereditary information to the offspring. What molecule contains this information? ______________________________ A short segment of this molecule that has information for a single trait is called a ______________
9) If an offspring contains hereditary information from two parents, the process is called ________________ reproduction. If reproduction does not involve combining hereditary information, it is called __________________ reproduction.
pg 8
10) Populations (groups) of organisms change over time. This is called _______________________
A major driving force in evolution is ________________________
pg 9
11) The branch of biology that deals with how organisms react with each other and the environment is called _________________________ Often scientists study environmental communities called
____________________________
pg 10
12) Almost all energy for life one earth comes from the _____________ What process captures light energy and changes it into a form that can be used by living things? ___________________________
13) Organisms that use this processes like this to make their own food are called __________________
14) Organisms that cannot make their own food are called ________________________ They must consume ___________________ or ____________________ or both to get their energy.
pg 11-12
15) All organisms share certain features: a) they are made of ________________
b) they are highly _______________________ c) they use energy in a process called _________________________ d) they are all able to maintain ________________________
e) they all ____________ f) organisms have the ability to _______________________
pg 12
16) Growth can be by cell ___________________ or by cell _______________________
17) Adult organisms arise when cells divide over and over and differentiate (become different). This process is called ____________________________
pg 13
18) Reproduction is not needed for the survival of the __________________________ but is needed for the survival of the ___________________