Study Guide: Life
Study Questions
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Objective: Use the characteristics of life to determine whether or not something is alive.
Vocabulary
- Emergent property
- Atom
- Molecule
- Biomolecule
- Organ
- Tissue
- Population
- Ecosystem
- Community
- Biosphere
- Organ system
- Homeostasis
Study Guide Questions
- Describe the 5 basic characteristics that identify living systems.
- Why is it difficult to define “life”?
- What is an emergent property? Why is life considered an emergent property?
- Describe all the levels of organization in living systems. Be able to put them in order from simplest to most complex, and vice versa.
- Compare and contrast the unity and diversity of life. (Your answer to this question will improve as we continue through the course.)