Sunday, January 1, 2012

Sample Short Answer Questions (Midterm Exam)


How does drinking water after you sweat help maintain homeostasis?
What kinds of bone tissue make up bones?
How is the body’s framework, the skeleton, structured?
How do muscles help maintain homeostasis?
Describe how the diaphragm and the rib cage move.
What are the two types of changes that take place during digestion?
Why is it important that blood be filtered by the kidneys?
What are the four components that make up blood?
How does the virus disable the host cell’s DNA?
 Why are protists considered the most diverse group of organisms?
How are bacteria harmful to humans? Give an example.
Explain how fungi are dependent on plants and animals for their energy.
How do bees benefits from the flowers they pollinate?
List two ways that humans depend upon plants.
 How is the top of a leaf different from the bottom of a leaf?
List three types of bacteria.
List three types of protists.
How do fungi and algae work together in nature?
This is most diverse animal group (vertebrate or invertebrate).
How do bacteria different from archaea?