CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS URRY CAIN
ESSENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ community.
Answer: All the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an
assemblage of populations of different species living close enough
together for potential interaction.
◉ population.
Answer: A group of individuals of the same species that live in the
same area and interbreed, producing fertile offspring.
◉ organism.
Answer: An individual living thing.
◉ organ.
Answer: A specialized center of body function composed of several
different types of tissues.
◉ organ system.
Answer: A group of organs that work together in performing vital
body functions.
, ◉ tissue.
Answer: An integrated group of cells with a common structure,
function, or both.
◉ cell.
Answer: Life's fundamental unit of structure and function.
◉ organelle.
Answer: Any of several kinds of membrane-enclosed structures with
specialized functions, suspended in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells.
◉ molecule.
Answer: Two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds.
◉ atom.
Answer: The smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an
element.
◉ emergent properties.
Answer: New properties that arise with each step upward in the
hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts
as complexity increases.
ESSENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ community.
Answer: All the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an
assemblage of populations of different species living close enough
together for potential interaction.
◉ population.
Answer: A group of individuals of the same species that live in the
same area and interbreed, producing fertile offspring.
◉ organism.
Answer: An individual living thing.
◉ organ.
Answer: A specialized center of body function composed of several
different types of tissues.
◉ organ system.
Answer: A group of organs that work together in performing vital
body functions.
, ◉ tissue.
Answer: An integrated group of cells with a common structure,
function, or both.
◉ cell.
Answer: Life's fundamental unit of structure and function.
◉ organelle.
Answer: Any of several kinds of membrane-enclosed structures with
specialized functions, suspended in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells.
◉ molecule.
Answer: Two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds.
◉ atom.
Answer: The smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an
element.
◉ emergent properties.
Answer: New properties that arise with each step upward in the
hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts
as complexity increases.
