Biology Midterm

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living organisms?

• Produce offspring

• Grow and develop

• Adjust to environment

• Breathe oxygen

How would you explain the stimulus-response relationship?

What is Homeostasis?

• the changes that take place during the life of an organism.

• an organisms regulation of its internal environment to maintain conditions suitable to its survival.

• the changes that take place during the life of an organism

• inherited structures, behaviors, and processes that enable an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring.

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What is the difference between Growth and Development?

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Which of these are NOT steps in the scientific method?

• Observing, Hypothesizing

• Collecting, Theorizing

• Guessing, Manipulating

• Publishing, Developing

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Which of these is "the study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment?"

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Mutualism

• Ecology

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What is the difference between Abiotic and Biotic factors?

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Which of these levels of organization describes a population?

• interacting biotic communities and abiotic factors

• interacting groups in a certain area at a certain time.

• a group of organisms, of all the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time

• an individual organism of a species.

What do Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism all have in common?

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Which of the following does this describe, "the area where an organism lives out its life?"

• Habitat

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere