This is the core theme of biology
What is evolution?
This is the highest level of biological organization
The biosphere
This property of life is used to power life's activities
What is energy processing?
This basic unit can perform all of life’s functions
What is a cell?
Chloroplasts are an example of this level of biological hierarchy
What are organelles?
This type of organism increases in both size and number of cells, according to the property of growth and development
These two concepts in biology go hand in hand
What are structure and function?
This approach to biology considers how parts of an object interact with each other and create a system
What is systems biology?
In order for living organisms to work properly, they require a high degree of this in their structure.
What is order and organization?
These are the two major groups of cells
What are eukaryotic and prokaryotic?
This approach to biology considers the parts of an object and how they work on their own
What is a reductionist approach?
What are sensing, responding, adapting, and surviving?
This fundamental scientific theory was formalized in the mid-1800s
What is cell theory?
These new capabilities appear as parts of the biological hierarchy interact
What are emergent properties?
An organism regulates these four of their internal conditions
What are pH, temperature, internal concentration of ions, and water content?