CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS URRY CAIN
KEY CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Reductionism.
Answer: Approach that reduces complex systems to simpler
components that are more manageable to study
◉ Emergent properties.
Answer: Novel properties emerge at each level that are absent from
the preceding one
◉ Systems biology.
Answer: Exploration of the network of interactions that underlie the
emergent properties of a system
◉ Biosphere.
Answer: All life on Earth and all the places where life exists
◉ Ecosystem.
Answer: 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
, ◉ Community.
Answer: Array of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem
◉ Population.
Answer: Individuals of a species living within the bounds of a
specified area
◉ Organisms.
Answer: Individual living things
◉ Eukaryotic cell.
Answer: Cell that contains membrane-enclosed organelles
◉ Eukaryote.
Answer: Organism with eukaryotic cells
◉ What are examples of eukaryotes?.
Answer: Protists, plants, fungi, animals
◉ Prokaryotic cell.
KEY CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Reductionism.
Answer: Approach that reduces complex systems to simpler
components that are more manageable to study
◉ Emergent properties.
Answer: Novel properties emerge at each level that are absent from
the preceding one
◉ Systems biology.
Answer: Exploration of the network of interactions that underlie the
emergent properties of a system
◉ Biosphere.
Answer: All life on Earth and all the places where life exists
◉ Ecosystem.
Answer: 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
, ◉ Community.
Answer: Array of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem
◉ Population.
Answer: Individuals of a species living within the bounds of a
specified area
◉ Organisms.
Answer: Individual living things
◉ Eukaryotic cell.
Answer: Cell that contains membrane-enclosed organelles
◉ Eukaryote.
Answer: Organism with eukaryotic cells
◉ What are examples of eukaryotes?.
Answer: Protists, plants, fungi, animals
◉ Prokaryotic cell.
