The Chemical Context of Life
Subject:
Biology [1]
AP Biology, Chapter 1 Introduction: Ten Themes in the Study of Life INTRODUCTION LIFE'S HIERARCHICAL ORDER The living world is a hierarchy, with each level of biological structure building on the level below it 1. Order the levels of biological structure. a. Molecules b. Organelles c. Cells d. Tissues e. Organs f. Organ systems g. Organisms h. Populations i. Species j. Communities Each level of biological organization has emergent properties 2. Describe an emergent property for each level in the hierarchy of biological organization. a. Precise movement in/out of organelles not predicted by molecules b. Feedback between cell organelles not predicted by individual structure c. Epithelial cells make sheets to control solute movement