Life's Organizational Hierarchy quiz Flashcards

Emergent properties are new properties that arise when smaller parts are combined, and they are not present in the individual parts alone.

Emergent properties are characteristics that arise when smaller parts are combined and are not present in the individual parts alone.

At each new level of life's organizational hierarchy, a new emergent property arises, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.

No, individual organelles do not display the emergent property of life; life arises when all necessary organelles are combined in a specific way.

Transportation is an emergent property that arises when individual bicycle parts are combined properly.

The Golgi apparatus and mitochondria are examples of organelles that, when combined with others, contribute to the emergent property of life in a cell.

This concept explains that emergent properties arise when smaller parts are combined, resulting in new characteristics that the individual parts do not possess.

A specific combination of smaller parts is necessary for an emergent property to arise, as seen in both biological systems and mechanical systems like bicycles.

Emergent properties help explain the complexity and diversity seen across the 6 kingdoms of life, as new properties arise at each hierarchical level.

Life is an emergent property that arises when all necessary organelles are combined in a cell.

Individual bike parts cannot provide transportation because the emergent property of transportation only arises when the parts are combined properly.

Abiotic factors are non-living components that can influence emergent properties in ecosystems, such as temperature and water availability.

Emergent properties help explain how new traits and behaviors arise through adaptation, contributing to the survival and evolution of organisms.

Emergent properties help differentiate the 3 domains of life (Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya) by highlighting unique characteristics that arise at different levels of organization.

Active transport is an emergent property of cellular membranes, allowing cells to move substances against concentration gradients, which individual membrane components cannot do alone.

Aerobic respiration is an emergent property of cellular organelles working together to produce energy, which individual organelles cannot achieve on their own.