BJU Biology Semester 1 Final Review Ch 1-5

A visual representation of the levels of organisms through which energy flows through an ecosystem

The study of morality as it relates to the practice of biology and medicine.

a substance that produces hydroxide ions in solution

the smallest individual part of an element

Scientists in the mid-1800s compiled a series of statements regarding the nature and function of cells. This is called?

Nucleotides hook together to form both

Which of the following statements is compatible with a biblical worldview?

Includes our personalities, emotions, ability to reason, and desire to love and be loved

Habitat loss, overuse of resources, introduction of new species and overuse of chemicals like fertilizer are all

Dead plant and animal material

An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material into nutrients

Under ideal conditions, a single bacterium can grow into a colony of over 2 million in just a few hours. This is?

When an organism depends on another organism for food, called the host, the dependent organism is exhibiting

The passage of energy from one organism to another

Biology is the study of

Many new and potentially life saving medicines are tested on animals. Whether this is good and morally acceptable is

Which of the following is not a part of the water cycle?

Cell in a colony work together, but cannot live independently from one another.

The position occupied by an organism on an ecological pyramid

The meaning given to an analysis of evidence; deeply affected by a person's worldview

When cells and the solution surrounding them contain equal amount of solute, the solution is said to be

The Golgi apparatus receives substances from the endoplasmic reticulum and packages those substances into

A pure substance made of only one kind of atom is a(n)

Osmosis produces equal solution concentrations on both sides of a semipermeable membrane.

Lipids include

Which of the following statements is true about scientific modeling?

The way that an organism lives in its habitat, including its effects on that habitat, is known as that organism's

During osmosis, a solvent diffuses through a(n)

smallest particle of a covalently bonded substance

A simplified representation of reality that explains something in a useful way

number of species in a ecosystem

Science forms an adequate basis for worldview because the knowledge gained from science never changes.

the smallest part of a covalent compound

a substance that produces hydrogen ions in solution

Homeostasis is the process by which a cell maintains stable conditions in its external environment.

Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells contain organelles.

Since animals can't make energy, they an energy from food called

Competition occurs when organisms try to use the same resources.

The total amount of living matter that an ecosystem can support is its

The idea that the earth is fragile and its resources should be used as little as possible:

The average weather in an area over an extended period of time constitutes and area's

What type of cell lack organelles that are surrounded by membranes

Which of the following does not increase biodiversity?

A simple, testable statement that predicts the answer to a question

Proteins are organic polymers consisting of chains of

Facilitated diffusion is a form of

Population density is the

Humans can reduce the biodiversity in an ecosystem by overusing resources or by introducing new species.

On a mountain, temperatures and precipitation are insufficient to grow trees above a certain elevation called the

Pelagic organisms are those that dwell on the ocean floor.

Dissolving is the process by which one substance breaks another substance up into smaller pieces, usually ions.

The smaller part of an ecosystem that an organism prefers to live in is known as that organism's

Primary succession occurs after an area has lost all forms of vegetation, for example by a fire or volcanic eruption.

An organism that can make its own food

During nitrogen fixation, atmospheric nitrogen is converted to ammonia by __________ in the roots of legumes.