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| Levels of biological organization from largest to smallest |
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The biosphere, ecosystems, communities, populations, organisms, organs and organ systems, tissues, cells, organelles, molecules.
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| consists of all the environments on Earth that are inhabited by life. |
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| consists of all the living things in a particular area, along with all the nonliving components of the environment with which life interacts, such as soil, water, atmospheric gases, and light |
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| The entire array of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem |
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| consists of all the individuals of a species living within the bounds of a specified area |
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a body part consisting of two or more tissues
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| a team of organs that cooperate in a specific function |
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| "life's fundamental unit of structure and function" |
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| the various functional components that make up cells |
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| a chemical structure consisting of two or more small chemical units called atoms |
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| Two major processes in an ecosystem |
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| the cycling of nutrients and the flow of energy from sunlight to producers to consumers |
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| plants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert light energy to chemical energy |
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| organisms that feed on producers and other consumers |
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| How does energy move in a system compared to other factors necessary for survival? |
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| energy flows THROUGH a system (light energy to heat), while other factors are recycled |
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| Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) |
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| make up chromosomes. Is the substance of genes. |
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| units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring |
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| two long chains that make up a DNA molecule |
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| the entire "library" of genetic instructions |
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| Prokaryotic (cells of bacteria and archaea) and Eukaryotic (all other forms of life) |
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| subdivided by internal membranes into various organelles. Largest organelle is nucleus (contains DNA). Other organelles located in cytoplasm (region between the nucleus and outer membrane of cell) |
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| DNA not separated from rest of cell. |
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| a more complex organization formed from a combination of components |
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| New properties in each step upward in the hierarchy of biological order emerge because |
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| of the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases. The emergent properties of systems depend on the arrangements and interactions of its parts. |
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| reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study |
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| to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems |
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| basics of systems strategy |
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| 1) inventory as many parts as possible 2) investigate how each part behaves in relation to others in the working system |
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