Mr. Gunther

AP/IB Biology 2

Unit 1 Questions

1. What do a fungus, a tree, and a human have in common?

2. Which kingdom consists of eukaryotes that nourish themselves mainly by decomposing organic material?

3. What are the properties of ALL life forms?

4. Describe the scientific method.

5. Who concluded that all living things consist of cells? When?

6. Who discovered, described, and named cells? When?

7. Who used observation of inheritance in corn to describe what turned out is a novel molecular mechanism?

8. Who discovered single-celled organisms?

9. In which kingdom/s are the members prokaryotic?

10. Which kingdom/s consists mostly of unicellular eukaryotes?

11. Describe the levels in the hierarchy of biological organization.

12. What is deductive reasoning?

13. Describe the hypothetico-deductive method.

14. Completely describe a controlled experiment. Include the variables and different groups that are necessary. Explain why they are necessary.

15. Bacteria are members of which kingdom?

16. In order of most specific to most general, list the taxonomic categories.

17. Describe the characteristics of a prokaryotic cell.

18. Describe the interactions between organisms and their environment in an ecosystem.

19. Describe the structure of a water molecule. Use diagrams.

20. What is hydrogen bonding? Use diagrams.

21. What kinds of substances are polar? Give examples

22. What kinds of substances are non-polar? Give examples.

23. What is pH? How is it determined? Give examples of substances and their pH. Show a sample calculation of pH.

24. A solution with a pH 3 has how many more H+ than a solution with a pH of 6?

25. How do the unique chemical and physical properties of water make life on earth possible?