BSC2010C Things to Know Ch 1-4

7 Properties of Life

1. Order

2. Evolutionary Adaptation

3. Regulation

4. Energy Processing

5. Growth & Development

6. Response to Environment

7. Reproduction

5 Unifying Themes of Life

1. Organization

2. Information

3. Energy & Matter

4. Interactions

5. Evolution

Levels of Biological Organization/Hierarchy

1. Biosphere

2. Ecosystem

3. Communities

4. Populations

5. Organisms

6. Organs

7. Tissue

8. Cells

9. Organelles

10. Molecules

11. Atoms

3 Domains of Life

1. Bacteria (Prokaryotic)

2. Archaea (Prokaryotic)

3. Eukarya (Eukaryotic)

96% of All Living Matter is made up of…

1. Oxygen

2. Carbon

3. Hydrogen

4. Nitrogen

The 4 nucleotides

Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine

The reactivity of an atom arises from

The existence of unpaired electrons in the valence shell.

Genetic Code

Is universal

Nucleotide Sequences

DIfference results in difference between organisms

Energy

flows through the ecosystem in one direction

Chemicals

Cycles within an ecosystem

Ecosystem

On a large scale, organisms interact with other organism and their physical environment to regulate ___