Unit 1 Test: Intro to Biology

This is the study of life

• biology

• physiology

• geology

• astronomy

Match the characteristics of life with the proper example

• Cells

• 
• reproduction

• 
• DNA

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This type of reproduction is by one parent

• asexual

• sexual

This type of reproduction occurs between two different parents

• asexual

• sexual

What is the molecule that determines the inherited traits of every organism

• DNA

• protein

• lipid

• nucleus

The combination of chemical reactions as it carries out its life processes is called

• metabolism

• respiration

• growth

• stimulus

This is a signal where an organism responds to its internal or external environment

• stimulus

• shock

• homeostasis

• adaptation

This type of stimulus comes from the environment, outside an organism

• internal

• external

This type of stimulus comes from within an organism

• internal

• external

This is maintaining a stable internal environment or keeping things constant

• homeostasis

• adaptation

• dynamic equilibrium

• metabolism