What Is Life Science?
The study of living things is called what?
Life Science
The “control center” of the cell.
Nucleus
The science of naming and classifying organisms.
Taxonomy
The part of the microscope you look through.
Eyepiece/ocular lens
Yeast, molds, and mushrooms belong to which kingdom?
Fungi Kingdom
Living things must be able to respond to what?
Their environment or stimuli
Organelle that provides energy for the cell.
Mitochondria
Who is known as the Father of Taxonomy?
Carolus Linnaeus
The total magnification is the eyepiece multiplied by the what?
Objective lens
Protists that can make their own food are most like what?
Plants
The smallest unit that can carry out life’s functions.
A cell
The jelly-like substance inside a cell
Cytoplasm
The two-part scientific name is called what?
Binomial nomenclature
Organisms too small to be seen without a microscope.
Microorganisms
The green pigment in plants that helps them make food.
Chlorophyll
Name one characteristic all living things share.
Examples: grow, reproduce, respond to environment, use energy, etc
Plant cells have this structure that animal cells do NOT
Cell wall or chloroplasts
Name the two parts of a scientific name.
Genus and species
True or False: Bacteria are prokaryotes.
True
The process plants use to make their own food.
Photosynthesis
Organisms that are made of only one cell are called what?
Unicellular organisms
The movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration.
Diffusion
Which kingdom contains organisms that are multicellular, make their own food, and have cell walls?
Plant Kingdom
The scientist who discovered microorganisms using a handmade microscope.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Nonvascular plants like mosses rely on what for transporting water?
Diffusion and osmosis