Alive? Living things show five characteristics that nonliving things do not: (1)unique structural organization (2) metabolic processes (3) Generative processes (4) responsive processes, and (5) control processes.
(1): Unique Structural Organization
The unique structural organization of living things can be seen at the molecular, cellular, and organism levels. (2): Metabolic Processes All the chemical reactions involving molecules required for a cell to grow, reproduce and make repairs are referred to as its metabolism. Metabolic properties keep a cell alive. (3): Generative Processes Generative processes are activities that result in an increase in the size of an organism growth or an increase in the number of individuals in a population reproduction
(4): Responsive Processes
Responsive processes allow organisms to react to changes in their surroundings in a meaningful way. (5): Control Processes Control processes are mechanisms that ensure an organism will carry out all metabolic activities in the proper sequence (coordination) and at the proper rate (regulation) .
The Levels of Biological
Organization Atoms : The fundamental units of matter such as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Molecules: Specific arrangements of atoms such as proteins, carbohydrates, water and DNA Cell: The smallest unit that displays the characteristics of life such as nerve cells, white blood cells.
Tissue: Groups of cells that work
together to perform particular functions such as Blood, muscle cells. Organ: A group of tissues that work together to perform a particular function such as stomach Organ system: A group of organs that work together to perform a particular function such as the circulatory system consists of a heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries, all of which are involved in moving blood from place to place.
Organism : An independent living unit
such as Amoeba. Population: A group of individual organisms of a particular kind (same species) occupying a particular geographic area such as The human population in a class room. Community: Populations of different kinds of organisms that interact with one another in a particular place such as the populations of trees, insects, birds, mammals, fungi, bacteria, and many other organisms interact in any location.
Ecosystem: Communities (groups of
populations) that interact with the physical world in a particular place. Biosphere: The worldwide ecosystem or The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth or other planet occupied by living organisms.
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