Living and Non-living
What do we call something that can grow, respire, and reproduce?
What is an organism?
What is the two-word system scientists use to name organisms?
Binomial nomenclature.
What word means "so small you need a microscope to see it"?
Microscopic.
What is the name for the area where an organism lives?
A habitat.
What do we call animals with a backbone?
They are vertebrates.
Name one way a living thing interacts with a non-living thing.
What is drinking water, breathing air, etc.
Who might study plants and help classify them?
A botanist.
Yeast or antibiotic bacteria (Penicillin)
Name one type of wetland ecosystem.
A swamp or mangrove.
What do fish use to breathe underwater?
Gills
What is the main difference between living and non-living things?
Living things carry out life processes like respiration and reproduction.
Put these in order from largest to smallest: species, kingdom, hierarchy.
Hierarchy, kingdom, species.
What do we call tiny living things that can be helpful or harmful to humans?
Microorganisms
What is the name for a large area of the Earth with the same climate and organisms?
A biome.
What do we call animals without a backbone?
Invertebrates.
Give one example of something non-living that living things need to survive.
sunlight, air, water, etc.
Why is scientific naming important?
To avoid confusion and help scientists communicate
How do molds affect food in a bad way?
They spoil food and produce toxins
How do flowers help an ecosystem?
They attract pollinators and produce seeds.
What’s the difference between flowering and non-flowering plants?
Flowering plants produce flowers and seeds, non-flowering do not.
In what large system do living and non-living things interact?
Name all 7 levels of classification hierarchy in order.
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
What is one way microorganisms help in medicine?
They produce antibiotics.
What’s the largest level of organization where all life on Earth exists?
The biosphere.
What do organisms need a host for?
To survive, especially parasites like germs.