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BSC 2010, Chapters 1-4 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions and answers, rated A+ Your textbook lists seven characteristics of life as it is known on Earth. What are they? - -Order, Evolutionary Adaptation, Regulation, Energy Processing, Growth and development, Response to the environment, Reproduction Define emergent properties. Give some examples. - -Emergent properties result from the arrangement and interaction of parts within a system (e.g., an organism as a whole has new properties and a cell has properties beyond its molecular components.) What is homeostasis? Compare and contrast positive and negative feedback. Which minimizes departures from a midpoint, and which amplifies a process to reach an end point? Give some examples. - -Homeostasis is the maintenance of relative constancy of the conditions of the internal environment. Negative feedback, in which the response reduces the initial stimulus. Positive feedback, in which an end product speeds up its own production. Insulin response, Climate Change Explain how energy flows through an ecosystem, while chemical components are continually cycled within it. - -Energy input from the sun converted to chemical energy by plants and other producers is passed on to consumers. Chemical components are taken up by producers and broken down by decomposers. What are the three domains of life? Which organisms belong to each domain? - -Domain Bacteria and Archaea include prokaryotes. Domain Eukarya includes protists and three kingdoms (plants, animals, fungi). What are the main differences between eukaryotes and prokaryotes? Classify each of the following organisms as eukaryotic or prokaryotic: bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. - - Prokaryotes are single celled organisms with no membrane bound organelles (bac