Life Is Organized in a Hierarchical Fashion

question 8

Multiple Choice

Life is organized in a hierarchical fashion. Which of the following sequences correctly lists that hierarchy from least inclusive to most inclusive?

• A)ecosystem, population, organ system, cell, community, molecule, organ, organism, organelle, tissue
• B)cell, molecule, organ system, organ, organelle, population, tissue, organism, ecosystem, community
• C)molecule, cell, organism, organ system, tissue, population, organ, organelle, community, ecosystem
• D)molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem

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Definitions:

Green Algae

Photosynthetic, aquatic organisms in the Chlorophyta division, considered the ancestors of land plants.

Representative Clade

A group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, representing a single branch on the tree of life.

Supergroup

A high-level taxonomic rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom, proposed to accommodate the phylogenetic relationships.

Forams

are short for foraminifera, a large group of amoeboid protists with calcareous shells, used in geological dating and paleoclimate estimation.