Ap Biology Chapter 1 Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Community {Ans: All the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an assemblage of populations of different species living close enough together for potential interaction.}What are the 7 Characteristics of Life? {Ans: 1. Order 2. Regulation 3. Energy Processing 4. Evolutionary Adaptation 5. Response to the Environment 6. Reproduction 7. Growth and Development}Independent Variable {Ans: The variable that is manipulated or changed by the researcher}Negative Feedback {Ans: A form of regulation in which accumulation of an end product of a process slows the process; in physiology, a primary mechanism of homeostasis, whereby a change in a variable triggers a response that counteracts the initial change.}alternative hypothesis {Ans: predicts a relationship between the independent and dependent variable}Genome {Ans: The genetic material of an organism or virus;}