Reading 1-1, 1-2

Reading Guide Name ________________________________
Chapter 1-1

1. Biology is the study of ________________
2. List the seven characteristics of life (they're next to the cheetah picture)
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3. All living things are made of one or more ____________________
4. How many cells are in your body? ____________________________
5. Define reproduction ________________________________________________________
6. All living things use energy to ____________________, to ___________________ and to process information.
7. Plants and algae use solar energy to make molecules in a process called ________________
8. How are arctic seals able to maintain their body temperature? _____________________
9. The maintenance of a stable internal environment is called ________________________
10. Sets of inherited instructions are called ______________________
11. DNA stands for __________________________________________________
12. A change in DNA or a gene is called a __________________________________
13. Mutations that occur in ______________________ are passed on to other generations.
14. Change in the traits of a species over time is called __________________________
15. A group of genetically similar organisms is called a ____________________________
16. What is natural selection? ____________________________________________________
17. The science that studies the interactions of living organisms with each other and with the environment is called _______________________

Section 1 -2

18. At the current rate, how long before all the rain forests are destroyed? _______________
19. A person who transplants genes from one organism to another is called a _____________

MATH LAB

20. How many years passed between point A and point B _______________
21. As time went on, [ more / less ] insects became resistant.
22. How many species of insects were resistant to pesticides in 1960? ______ In 1990? _____

23. What virus causes AIDS? _____________________
24. When cells divide uncontrollably in the body, what disease occurs? __________________
25. A person with cystic fibrosis might have trouble __________________________