Layers of complexity in life's order.

Bottom of the stairway of organic order.

subatomic: quarks, leptons, bosons

atomic: neutrons, protons, electrons - Atoms

elements: C, H, O, P, K, I, N, S, Ca, Fe, or

Molecular: C. Hopkins Cafe

H2O (water) or CO2 are compounds

bases: adenine = thymine; guanine = cytosine
helix shape of DNA & RNA molecule in which three bases code for an amino acid (21)
the sequence of N bases = sequence of the amino acids & the sequence of amino acids = protein, hormone, enzyme
sequences of DNA or RNA = traits on chromosomes

Three base sequences code for amino acid, the building blocks of proteins.

Proteins, catalysts, hormones; the micro machinery of life.

Organelles, like mitochondria & chloroplasts have their own DNA

Cells normally have DNA in organelles: packed into the nucleus if these are Eukaryotic cells.

1. Organisms
2. Species
3. Biotic Communities
4. Biome
5. Biophysical Region

Up to the top of the organic stairway of order