Multiple Choice
Which of the following options has the correct order in terms of the hierarchy of the organization?
1. Introduction to Biology
Life's Organizational Hierarchy
Back1. Introduction to Biology
Life's Organizational Hierarchy
- Open Question
Use the word bank to complete the pyramid of life's organizational hierarchy below.
Word Bank:
Population
Organelles
Organ System
Cell
Tissues
Ecosystem
Organ
Community
Molecules
Multicellular Organism - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the best example of an emergent property?
- Multiple Choice
At which point of the organizational hierarchy does life emerge?
- Multiple ChoiceEmergent properties of living systems are properties that __________.
- Multiple ChoiceWhat is the appropriate term for an interbreeding group of individuals of a single type occupying a defined area?
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following systems does not display emergent properties?
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following can best be considered a biological system?
- Multiple ChoiceIn an ecosystem, nutrients __________ and energy __________.
- Open QuestionAll the organisms on your campus make up a. an ecosystem.b. a community.c. a population.d. a taxonomic domain.
- Open QuestionAll the organisms on your campus make upa. an ecosystem.b. a community.c. a population.d. the biosphere.
- Open QuestionA biologist studying interactions among the bacteria in an ecosystem could not be working at which level in life's hierarchy? (Choose carefully and explain your answer.)a. the population levelb. the molecular levelc. the organism leveld. the organ level
- Open QuestionDRAW IT With rough sketches, draw a biological hierarchy similar to the one in Figure 1.3 but using a coral reef as the ecosystem, a fish as the organism, its stomach as the organ, and DNA as the molecule. Include all levels in the hierarchy.
- Open QuestionBiology can be described as having both a vertical scale and a horizontal scale. Explain what that means.