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7 properties of life
(Need to have these properties to be considered alive)
1. Order: Specific organization in order to function
2. Adaptation: ability to adapt
3. Response to the environment: must be able to interact with the environment
4.Regulation: Ability to maintain a constant internal state. ex. homeostasis
5. Reproduction: Assures you can pass on favorable traits to offspring and keep species alive
6. Growth & Development
7. Energy processing: metabolism
Metabolism
Chemical conversion of nutrient molecules into useable energy & building materials
6 Unifying Themes of Biology
1) New properties emerge @ each levels in the biological history
2) Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy
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4) Cells are the basic units of life
5) Life is based on passing info through DNA
6) Feedback Mechanisms
Emergent Properties
Result from arrangement and interaction of parts within a system (like the 7 properties of life)
Biological Hierarchy
Biosphere (entire earth) ---> Ecosystems (living and nonliving organisms)---> Communities (variety of populations living in an area)---> populations (one species)---> organisms---> organ systems---> tissues---> cells---> organelles--->molecules
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