Biology Ch1 Vocab

What is the study of life called?

• Ecology

• Biology

• Metabolism

• Bioethics

What term describes anything that possesses all seven characteristics of life?

• DNA

• Organism

• Stimulus

• Biosphere

What is the study of the relationships between organisms and their physical environment?

• Ecology

• Homeostasis

• Ethics

• Macroevolution

What molecule contains all of the complex information that organisms need to live and grow?

• DNA

• RNA

• Protein

• Lipid

What is a signal to which an organism responds called?

• Adaptation

• Stimulus

• Metabolism

• Homeostasis

What type of reproduction involves cells from two parents uniting to form the first cell of a new organism?

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Adaptation

• Metabolism

What type of reproduction involves a single organism producing offspring identical to itself?

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Homeostasis

• Bioethics

What is a change that allows an organism to better survive called?

• Homeostasis

• Adaptation

• Metabolism

• Ethics

What term describes an organism's ability to regulate their internal environment?

• Homeostasis

• Metabolism

• Biosphere

• Macroevolution

What is the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials?

• Metabolism

• Ecology

• Bioethics

• Adaptation