Characteristics of Living Things
What is an organism that can mate and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce?
Species
What is the name for an organism that make's its own food?
Autotroph
What is the process of grouping things based on their similarities?
Classification
What do you call organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus?
Prokaryotes
What is the part of an experiment that is tested or measured?
Dependent variable
What are the two parts of the scientific name?
Genus and species
Why are animals and fungi classified as heterotrophs?
they cannot make their own food and must obtain energy by feeding off other organisms
What do scientists use classification?
to organize living things into groups that make them easier to study
What are the three domains of organisms?
Eukarya, bacteria, and archaea
What part of an experiment is kept the same?
Control
What is a change in the environment that causes an organism to respond?
Stimulus
What is the word that describes the maintenance of stable internal conditions regardless of changes in the environment?
homeostasis
What is the name for the scientific study of how living things are classified?
Taxonomy
Explain why bacteria and archaea are not considered eukaryotes?
Their cells do not have a nucleus
What is a way we maintain homeostasis?
We sweat, shiver, or use the bathroom.
What is a word to describe organisms such as ourselves that have many different kinds of complex cells?
multicellular
What is an independent variable?
Something that you change in an experiment
Name the levels of taxonomy from least specific to most specific
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
What are the four kingdoms of eukaryotes?
Plants, animals, protists, and fungi
What is the most important thing for a cell to acquire in order to grow?
Energy
cellular organization, contain similar chemicals, use energy, respond to their surroundings, grow and develop, reproduce
What are the 4 needs of living things?
water, food, living space, and stable internal conditions
What is the two part scientific name that includes an organism's genus and species
Binomial Nomenclature
Which kingdom contains both autotrophs and heterotrophs as well as unicellular and multicellular organisms?
Protists
Data over time supports how the natural worlds behaves under certain conditions