Bio Module 1 review

What are the four criteria for life?

1. All life forms contain deoxyribonucleic acid, which is called DNA

2. All lifeforms have a method by which they extract energy from the surroundings and convert it into energy that sustains them

3. All life forms can sense changes in their surroundings and respond to those changes

4. All life forms reproduce

An organism is classified as a carnivore. Is it a heterotroph or an autotroph? Is it a producer, consumer, or decomposer?

It is a heterotroph.

It is a consumer.

An organism has receptors on tentacles that come out of its head. If those tentacles were cut off in an accident, what life function would be most hampered?

Sensing changes and responding to those changes would be the life function most hampered with.

A parent and two offspring are studied. Although there are many similarities between the parent and the offspring, there are also some differences. Do these organisms reproduce sexually or asexually?

They reproduce sexually.

What is wrong with this statement:

"Science has proven that energy must always be conserved."

Science cannot prove anything. Since it is based on experiments that may be flawed, its conclusions are always tentative.

Briefly explain the scientific method.

Step 1: Observation

Step 2: Form a hypothesis

Step 3: Preform experiments

Step 4: If hypothesis is consistent it becomes a theory

Step 5: After generations of consistent data, theory becomes scientific law

Why does the story of spontaneous generation illustrate the limitations of the science?

The story of spontaneous generation shows how almost 2,000 years of executing the scientific method resulted in a law that was clearly wrong.

Where does the wise person place his or her faith: science or the Bible?

The Bible.

Why is the theory of abiogenesis just another example of the idea of spontaneous generation?

Because it states that life sprang from non-living chemical eons ago. This is an example of spontaneous generation, a former law that said life could arise from non-life.

Name the classification groups in our hierarchical classification scheme in order.

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

An organism is a multicellular consumer made of eukaryotic cells. To what kingdom does it belong?

Animalia

If we were using the three-domain system of classification, in which domain would the multicellular consumer made of eukaryotic cells belong?

Eukarya

An organism is a single-celled consumer made of prokaryotic cells. To what kingdom does it belong to?

Monera

If we were using the three-domain system of classification, could you determine the domain of the organism that is a single-celled consumer made of prokaryotic cells? If not, give the possible domains in which it could be placed.

You cannot tell which domain without knowing more about the organism. However, it is either in Archaea or Bacteria, depending on its characteristics.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Pneumonic for Order of Classification

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