1A_Themes of Biology, Evolution F25

• includes a variety of organisms (multiple populations) interacting in a particular area.

• Students, faculty, staff, the cats (and more) on our campus.

​Community

• All the individuals of a species living in a specific area.

• All the "domestic" cats living on the Fairfield Campus (Felis catus).

​Population

Levels of Organization: Groups

• All the places on Earth where life exists (into the atmosphere and to the ocean floor).

​Biosphere

• All the living things in a particular area AND all the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with (soil, rocks, water, gases,...).

​Ecosystem

Highest Levels of Organization

Multiple Choice

All of the pickleweed in the Suisun Marsh would be an example of:

• organisms

• A population

• A community

• An ecosystem

Reorder

Rank the following levels of organization from smallest to largest.

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• An ecosystem

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Select

Select all of the following that are examples of emergent properties?

• A functioning heart made of cardiac cells

• A single water molecule

• A computer assembled from various parts

• A single neuron

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about cells EXCEPT:

• All living organisms are made from cells

• Every cell is enclosed by a membrane

• Eukaryotic cells lack nuclei

• Prokaryotic cells lack organelles

Multiple Choice

Which process describes the conversion of DNA information into a functional protein in a cell?

• DNA Replication

• Gene expression

• Mutation

• Cell division

Multiple Select

Select the choices below that do NOT belong in Domain Eukarya?

• Animals

• Plants

• Fungi: Yeasts and Molds

• VIruses

Multiple Choice

Darwin’s first point referred to “descent with modification” which means that:

• Living organisms share certain common features.

• Fossils and other evidence document the history of life.

• Environmental pressure (including predators) selects for favorable modifications.

• Offspring inherit traits from their parents; parents with beneficial traits are more likely to reproduce.