Order & Design Semester Exam

What is an organism’s occupation within its environment called?

• niche

• ecosystem

• habitat

• community

Who was known as the Father of Anatomy?

• Robert Hooke

• Andreas Vesalius

• Francesco Redi

• Louis Pasteur

All the organisms of one species in an ecosystem is a(n) ___?

• community

• population

• biome

• biosphere

What group of protozoa includes plasmodium, which causes malaria?

• sporozoans

• ciliates

• flagellates

• sarcodines

What is the number and variety of species in an environment called?

• biodiversity

• photosynthesis

• ecosystem

• habitat

What is the largest group of fungi?

• sac fungi

• bracket fungi

• smuts

• molds

Which event began the birth of modern science?

• Italian Renaissance

• publication of Natural Theology

• publication of Origin of Species

• Protestant Reformation

Several years ago, a nearby ecosystem was damaged. Since then, however, a new ecosystem has developed. What process has occurred?

• Ecological succession

• Photosynthesis

• Eutrophication

• Transpiration

While observing live cells under a microscope, you see a single cell dividing into two new daughter cells. Each daughter cell receives one copy of each chromosome, so that both have the same genetic information as the parent cell. What process did you observe?

• mitosis

• crossing

• segregation

• meiosis

MATCHING I: Match each description with the correct cell structure. 4. One of the “little organs” of the cell ______

• organelle

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• cell wall