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Characteristics of Life:
1. Living Things Are Organized
1. atoms (oxygen)
2. molecules (DNA)
3. organelle (nucleus)
4. cell (heart muscle cell)
5. tissue (heart tissue)
6. organ (heart)
7. organ systems (circulatory system)
8. organism (human)
9. population (student population) = same species
10. community = different populations in the same area (Phoenix College)
11. ecosystem = community (living) + physical (non-living) environment
12. biosphere = regions of the Earth inhabited by living things
Emergent properties = New properties that result from interactions between
individual parts. The whole is GREATER THAN the sum of its parts.
EXAMPLE =
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Eukaryotes vs Prokaryotes
Prokaryote: pro (before) = no nucleus
single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus (bacteria, rickettsia, cyano-bacteria)
Eukaryote: eu = true nucleus
organism whose cells contain a nucleus (plants, animals, fungi, algae, protozoans)
Virus: small, non-living, non-cellular, infectious agent
Fungi
Large: ~ 100 m up to 1 cm
Eukaryotic (nucleus)
Decomposers
64,000 species
Examples: mushrooms, puffballs, mold, yeast, Athletes foot, Jock
itch
3.5 miles long & covers 2200 acres (Oregon)
1500 acres & weighs 100 tons (Washington)
experimental design
evolution
homeostasis
hypothesis
inductive reasoning
natural selection
observation
photosynthesis
STUDY QUESTIONS:
List and describe the properties of life:
Properties of Life
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Place the following levels of organization in the correct numeric order from simplest (1) to
most complex (12):
___population (student population)
___organism (human)
___organelle (nucleus)
___atoms (oxygen)
___tissue (heart tissue)
___organ (heart)
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