Campbell Biology in Focus (3rd Edition) - Chapter 1 Questions with
Answers
Biology - correct answersScientific study of life
Reductionism - correct answersApproach that reduces complex systems to simpler components that are
more manageable to study
Emergent properties - correct answersNovel properties emerge at each level that are absent from the
preceding one
Systems biology - correct answersExploration of the network of interactions that underlie the emergent
properties of a system
Biosphere - correct answersAll life on Earth and all the places where life exists
Ecosystem - correct answersAll the living things in a particular area, along with all the nonliving
components of the environment with which life interacts, such as soil, water, atmospheric gases, and
light
Community - correct answersArray of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem
Population - correct answersIndividuals of a species living within the bounds of a specified area
Organisms - correct answersIndividual living things
Eukaryotic cell - correct answersCell that contains membrane-enclosed organelles
Eukaryote - correct answersOrganism with eukaryotic cells
What are examples of eukaryotes? - correct answersProtists, plants, fungi, animals
Answers
Biology - correct answersScientific study of life
Reductionism - correct answersApproach that reduces complex systems to simpler components that are
more manageable to study
Emergent properties - correct answersNovel properties emerge at each level that are absent from the
preceding one
Systems biology - correct answersExploration of the network of interactions that underlie the emergent
properties of a system
Biosphere - correct answersAll life on Earth and all the places where life exists
Ecosystem - correct answersAll the living things in a particular area, along with all the nonliving
components of the environment with which life interacts, such as soil, water, atmospheric gases, and
light
Community - correct answersArray of organisms inhabiting a particular ecosystem
Population - correct answersIndividuals of a species living within the bounds of a specified area
Organisms - correct answersIndividual living things
Eukaryotic cell - correct answersCell that contains membrane-enclosed organelles
Eukaryote - correct answersOrganism with eukaryotic cells
What are examples of eukaryotes? - correct answersProtists, plants, fungi, animals
