Life Science Comprehensive Review

What is the term for the role an organism plays in its ecosystem?

• Habitat

• Niche

• Biome

• Ecosystem

What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat?

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Habitat

What process do organisms that reproduce sexually use to produce gametes?

• Mitosis

• Fertilization

• Meiosis

• Binary Fission

What is the term for the study of how living organisms interact with each other and their environment?

• Ecology

• Biology

• Geology

• Sociology

What is the basic unit of life?

• Tissue

• Organ

• Cell

• Organism

What is a group of similar cells that perform a special function and together make up an organ?

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organism

• Organ

What type of symbiotic relationship occurs when one organism benefits at the expense of another?

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

What is the term for the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy?

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Transpiration

• Fermentation

What is the name of the process by which organisms maintain a stable internal environment?

• Homeostasis

• Metabolism

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

Which type of organisms have the most energy available to them?

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Plants or producers

• Decomposers