Bio 101
What is Biology
Biology is the Study of life.
True/False All organisms are composed of cells
True
What is the function of a cell membrane
Controls movement and keeps all organelles within the cell.
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
A system composed of organisms and nonliving components of an environment.
Ecosystem
What does Zoology study?
Animals
Where do all cells come from?
All cells must be created by another cell.
What is considered the Powerhouse of the Cell?
Mitochondria
A consumer that obtains energy by eating only animals.
Carnivore
Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
Biotic Factor
What does Botany Study?
Plants
What is the smallest living organismal unit?
The Cell
What cellular organelle contains the pigment Chlorophyll?
Chloroplast
an organism that can make its own food
Producer
The non-living parts of an ecosystem such as soil, climate, and rainfall.
Abiotic factor
What does Microbiology study?
Microorganisms
Is a Virus a living organism?
Both True and False
True/False RNA is a product of DNA.
True
an organism that gets its energy by eating wastes and dead organisms (examples are mushrooms and bacteria) raw material is returned to the ecosystem
Decomposers
occurs when one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it (win/lose)
Parasite
What does Ecology study?
Ecosystems
True/False An animal cell contains a cell wall, chloroplasts and chlorophyll.
False
True/False The Nucleus is the only organelle that contains its own DNA.
False
What is a predator that is at the top of a food chain and that is not preyed upon by any other animal called?
Apex Predator
an ecosystem with its own climate, soil, plants, and animals
Biome