Module 1 Lesson 2

Question 1

reproduction

Answer 1

the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from their parents

Question 2

evolutionary adaptation

Answer 2

an accumulation of inherited characteristics that enhance organisms’ ability to survive and reproduce in specific environments

Question 3

emergent properties

Answer 3

new properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases

Question 4

responds to environment

Answer 4

living things will make changes in response to a stimulus in their environment

Question 5

reductionism

Answer 5

the approach of reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study

Question 6

homeostasis

Answer 6

the ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a stable equilibrium

Question 7

metabolism

Answer 7

set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds or breaks down materials as it carries out life processes

Question 8

growth and development

Answer 8

all living things get larger and more complex throughout the organism’s life

Question 9

systems biology

Answer 9

an approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems based on a study of the interactions among the system’s parts

Question 10

energy processing

Answer 10

energy utilized in chemical reactions in order to maintain internal order

Question 11

biology

Answer 11

the scientific study of life

Question 12

order

Answer 12

one of life’s basic characteristics is a high degree of order
atoms-> molecules-> organelles->cells->…