Branches of Biology and Characteristics of Life
Which of the following is true about all living organisms?
a. They all have the ability to fly.
b. They can survive without water.
c. They are made of one or more cells.
d. They can live independently of their environment.
c. They are made of one or more cells.
The idea that fish arise from mud of previously dried-up lakes is an example of ___.
What are the end products of Light Dependent Reaction?
Oxygen, NADPH, ATP
In cellular respiration, where does most ATP generated?
Krebs Cycle
The female reproductive organ of moss is called the ___________________.
Archegonium
Dr. Sarah has been called to investigate a rapidly spreading bacterial infection in a local community. Authorities rely on her expertise to identify the cause of the outbreak and develop strategies to control it. To which branch of biology does her field fall?
Microbiology
In Pasteur's Experiment, what breakthrough discovery that made most scientists believe that spontaneous generation could not occur?
Essential element in the air
Where does Calvin Cycle occur?
Stroma
TRUE or FALSE: The main goal of cellular respiration is to produce glucose for the cell.
False
Clusters of sporangia found on the underside of fern leaves are called ___________________.
Sori
Cacti have developed several unique ways to survive in harsh desert conditions, where water is scarce and temperatures can soar during the day and plummet at night. This scenario shows which characteristic of life?
Adaptation
True or False: Redi's Experiment supports non-spontaneous generation.
True
Enumerate the three phases of Calvin Cycle.
Fixation, Reduction, Regeneration
What is the final electron acceptor in ETC?
Oxygen
he heart-shaped structure in the fern life cycle is the ___________________.
Prothallus
Dr. Emily is embarking on a field expedition in a tropical rainforest to study a rare amphibian species experiencing a population decline. To which branch of biology does her research belong?
Zoology
The belief that life arose from nothing but the power of a divine being.
Creationism
True or False: During Regeneration, one molecule of G3P is used in glucose production and other five molecules are used for the regenration of RUBP-starting molecule of Calvin Cycle.
TRUE
What happens to a glucose molecule after glycolysis?
Mosses require ___________________ for fertilization because sperm must swim to the egg.
Water
Life is organized in a hierarchical fashion. Enumerate the order correctly from smallest (simplest) to largest (complex)?
atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem
This theory proposes that life did not originate on Earth, but was transported here, with microbes or organic molecules potentially surviving in space and seeding life when impacting favorable environments
Panspermia
What do you call the process in which water molecules are broken down to oxygen and hydron ions?
Photolysis
How many ATPs are produced from one glucose molecule?
36-38 ATPs
The male reproductive organ found on the prothallus is the ___________________.
Antheridium