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Section 1.1

What is a mud skipper?

What is biology?

Section 1.2

What are the characteristics of living things?

Flames can grow, move, and reproduce. Are flames alive?

Section 2.1

What does the following statement mean: Lions are the kings of the jungle?

What method does a scientist use to answer questions in biology?

Section 3.1

What are renewable resources? What are nonrenewable resources?

How are populations and resources related?

Section 4.2

What kind of an ecosystem is indicated by the words "intertidal zone?"

What types of adaptations do organisms that live in the intertidal zone need to survive?

Section 6.1

What kind of a resource is gasoline?

What kind of a resource is a plastic bottle?

Section 7.1

What is a cell?

What substances make up the components of living cells?

Section 12.1

Who was Gregor Mendel? What laws did he discover?

What is heredity?

Section 17.2

What is spontaneous generation?

Who disproved the idea of spontaneous generation?

Section 19.1

What are the characteristics of primates?

What ability do gorillas have that humans do not?

Section 19.2

What trend can be seen in the skulls of human ancestors?

What species are considered to be in the direct line of human ancestors?

Section 20.1

What three groups did Aristotle use for classification of all animals?

How would Aristotle classify a frog?

Section 21.1

Is a virus a living thing?

Why do viruses have specific shapes and sizes?

Section 24.1

What organisms are considered to be the ancestors of plants?

What adaptations enabled plants to survive on dry land?

Section 27.2

From a biological viewpoint, what is the difference between a vegetable and a fruit?

What are fruits?

Section 31.1

What kind of an animal is a lobster?

What are the characteristics of this group?

Section 32.1

What kind of an animal is a sea star?

What are the characteristics of this group?

Section 33.2

What does the word "amphibian" mean?

What happens to a tadpole in the process of metamorphosis?

Section 34.1

What are the characteristics of a reptile?

Which of these characteristics do reptiles share with birds?

Section 37.1

What is the function of your skin?

How does perspiration result in a cooler body temperature?

Section 40.3

What drug is found in tobacco?

What effect does this drug have on the human body?

Section 42.1

What organisms cause human diseases and illnesses?

What can you do to protect yourself from getting sick?

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