Study Guide: Life

Study Questions
Use this page to check your understanding of today's content.
 

Objective:  Use the characteristics of life to determine whether or not something is alive.

Vocabulary

  1. Emergent property (Not covered in Spring 2016.)
  2. Atom
  3. Molecule
  4. Biomolecule
  5. Organ
  6. Tissue
  7. Population
  8. Ecosystem
  9. Community
  10. Biosphere
  11. Organ system
  12. Homeostasis
Study Guide Questions
  1. Describe the 7 basic characteristics that identify living systems.
  2. Why is it difficult to define “life”?
  3. What is an emergent property?  Why is life considered an emergent property?(Not covered in Spring 2016.)
  4. Describe all the levels of organization in living systems.  Be able to put them in order from simplest to most complex, and vice versa.
  5. Compare and contrast the unity and diversity of life.  (Your answer to this question will improve as we continue through the course.)
  6. Questions in textbook "Concepts of Life." Chapter 1: questions 1 - 6.