Biology Quiz

Biology Quiz

Name: ___________________________________________________________________________
Ninth Grade I Bimester


I. THEMES OF BIOLOGY
A. Vocabulary. Define the followingterms.

_____ 1. Organism a) the production of offspring that
does not involve the union of gametes
_____ 2. Biology b) an organism that uses energy to
synthesize organicmolecules form inorganic substances
_____ 3. unicellular organism c) the science that studies living things

_____ 4. multicellular organism d) the division of cells to produce newcells
_____ 5. Differentiation e) the process by which an organism
grows
_____ 6. Homeostasis f) the process by which the cells of a
multicellular individual become specializedduring development
_____ 7. DNA g) all the biotic and abiotic
components of an enviornment
_____ 8. Gene h) a double helix-shaped nucleic
acid, stands for deoxyribonucleicacid
_____ 9. sexual reproduction i) the study of the relationship between
organisms and their environment
_____ 10. asexual reproduction j) to change

_____ 11. Evolve k)all the changes that have formed
life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity that characterizes it today
_____ 12. Evolution l) a unit of hereditary information

_____13. natural selection m) an organism that obtains organic
food molecules by eating other organisms or their by-products
_____ 14. Ecology n) the stable internal conditions of aliving thing
_____ 15. Ecosystem o) a living thing that consists of more
than one cell
_____ 16. Photosynthesis p) the sum of all chemical processes
in living things_____ 17. Autotroph q) the process by which organisms
with favorable variations reproduce at higher rates than those without such variations
_____ 18. Heterotroph r) a living thing...