BIOD 101 MODULE 4 CORE BIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES BREAKDOWN AND REVISION
2026
◉ seven unifying themes of biology. Answer: order
reproduction
growth and development
energy processing
response to environment
evolutionary adaptation
◉ emergent properties. Answer: New properties that emerge with
each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement
and interactions of parts as complexity increases.
◉ biosphere levels. Answer: biosphere
ecosystem,
community,
population/species,
organism,
organ system,
organ,
, tissues,
cells,
organelles
molecules
◉ system. Answer: wholesale study of life
◉ cell. Answer: basic unit of life
◉ dna. Answer: unit of inheritance, holds info to express proteins
◉ chromosome. Answer: pieces of dna
◉ gene. Answer: A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for
a specific trait
◉ gene expression. Answer: the process of going from dna to protein
◉ energy. Answer: the capacity to do work
◉ symbiotic relationship. Answer: the relationship of two species
that live in close association with each other
PROCESSES BREAKDOWN AND REVISION
2026
◉ seven unifying themes of biology. Answer: order
reproduction
growth and development
energy processing
response to environment
evolutionary adaptation
◉ emergent properties. Answer: New properties that emerge with
each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement
and interactions of parts as complexity increases.
◉ biosphere levels. Answer: biosphere
ecosystem,
community,
population/species,
organism,
organ system,
organ,
, tissues,
cells,
organelles
molecules
◉ system. Answer: wholesale study of life
◉ cell. Answer: basic unit of life
◉ dna. Answer: unit of inheritance, holds info to express proteins
◉ chromosome. Answer: pieces of dna
◉ gene. Answer: A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for
a specific trait
◉ gene expression. Answer: the process of going from dna to protein
◉ energy. Answer: the capacity to do work
◉ symbiotic relationship. Answer: the relationship of two species
that live in close association with each other
