Exam 1 Study Guide
Part 1 of 3 Parts
Biol1406._________ (FA’15)-HCC
1. Differentiate between:
o Population
o Ecosystem
o Biosystem
o Community
2. What is DNA and where is it present in different forms of life
3. The hierarchical organizational structure of life for a bacterium vs a monkey
4. The hierarchical organizational structure of life from the least to the most complex from
5. The main source of energy for producer in an ecosystem
6. The lowest level of biological organization the can perform life
7. The mode of nutrition of the following:
o plants
o Fungus
o Animals
o The building blocks of proteins
8. Examples of positive feedback mechanisms in the body
9. Define:
o Ccytology
o Taxonomy
10. Compare between prokaryotes and eukaryotes in terms of:
o The domains they belong to
o Possession/lack of certain cellular organelles
11. The evidence of common ancestry
12. Prokaryotes vs eukaryotes and their respective domains
13. Darwin definition of natural selection on basis of reproduction
14. The two outcomes that biological evolution accounts for according to Darwin
15. The product of natural selection
16. Differentiate between:
o discovery vs hypotheses-driven Sciences
o Deductive vs inductive logic/reasoning
17. Define hypothesis
18. When applying the process of science what criteria are we specifically testing?
19. The simplest form of life
20. The meaning of the term “science”
21. The main elements making most of the living matter
22. The importance of trace elements, giving an example
23. Charges & masses of all subatomic particles
24. Terms/numbers identifying an element’s:
o identity
o Mass
o Chemical properties
25. Figure out the number of subatomic particles in an atom of an element from provided information
26. Matching identification of common and scientific names of different types of commonly used sugars