General Science Module 10

The study of traits is part of which field of study?

As we study the natural world, we have to consider the living organisms within it. This is called...

A cell is the smallest unit of life in creation.

Culturing is a term to describe growing microorganisms in...

Scientists have been able to make a living organism from nonliving material.

Eating a banana to cure a muscle cramp is a finding of biochemistry.

The three parts of the prokaryotic cell are the cell membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus.

"Archaea" is one of the six kingdoms.

What are used to view viruses?

What is cytology?

How many elements do all cells contain?

Which of the following is a process that proteins help carry out?

Some organisms need a mate to reproduce, while others do not.

What is photosynthesis?

Major compounds in cells include carbs, proteins, lipids, and DNA.

All forms of life reproduce.

Lipids are also known as carbohydrates.

The branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of the chemicals of living things is...

Biology is the study of living organisms.

Fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles and mammals are examples of....

How many DNA molecules do you have in each of your cells?

What do cells not do?

Perennial plants only live for one year.

Plants process energy the same way animals do.

Parasitology is a subcategory of microbiology.

Scientists have come up with which practices to help us fight against infections?

Which is *NOT* one of the six kingdoms?

Mycologists look at both helpful and harmful fungi.

Plant physiology is a subcategory of which science?

An organism only has to have 1 of the criterion for life to be considered alive.

What is the study of how organisms interact with their surroundings and each other?

What is the most important organelle of a cell?

Viruses are not considered living things because they hurt living things.

Which is *NOT* one of the criteria of life?

Viruses are living things.

How many criterion for life are there?

Biology includes the study of a living organism's...

Sir Isaac Newton created the classification system that we use today.

There are many forms of reproduction.

The information necessary to build and control the molecules of living organisms is stored in a coded series of 2 bases.

DNA is a part of which field of study?

Which is *NOT* one of the four nucleotide bases in DNA?

A DNA molecule is shaped like a single helix.

What is the study of plants?

Which field studies animals?

What do immunologists do?

Nucleic acids are made up of...

DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid.

Why do some species go extinct?

Which type of cell does not have a nucleus?