Chapter 1 Terms: Biology in the 21st Century

Everything that lives on Earth and every place where those things live is part of

• biodiversity

• biosphere

• biology

• bio species

what term means the variety of life

• biology

• biosphere

• biodiversity

• bio

A particular type of living thing that can breed and reproduce is referred to as which of the following

• organism

• species

• cell

• biology

Which of the following terms means, the study of living things?

• science

• bioscience

• biosphere

• biology

any individual living things is referred to as a(n)

• species

• organism

• organ

• biology

What is the term for all the chemical processes that happen in an organism

• metabolism

• breakdown

• digestion

• photosynthesis

DNA codes for ?

• genetic mutations

• the alphabet

• phone numbers

• genetic information

what is the term for a group of related parts that work together to form a whole

• ecosystem

• system

• cell

• organ system

a biological system that includes living & non living things and their interactions

• cell

• ecosystem

• planet system

• system

The ability of an organism to maintain internal conditions about the same is called?

• homeostasis

• temperature

• adaptation

• evolution