Characteristics of Life
Things that have all the characteristics of life are called what?
What is an organism.
Who was the first person to classify organisms?
Who is Aristotle.
Who grouped organisms into Kingdoms?
Who is Linnaeus.
What type of microscope is commonly found in a classroom?
What is a light microscope.
Who made improvements to microscopes in the late 1600s?
Who is Anton Leeuwenhoek.
What is the basic unit of life?
What is a cell.
What is the first step to classifying organisms?
What is Domain.
Which naming system gives each organism a two-word scientific name?
What is binomial nomenclature.
What characteristic do all microscopes share?
What is the ability to magnify.
What is the unit of measure used in exploring life through a lens?
What is a micrometer.
Organisms that are made of more than one cell are called what?
What is multicellular.
What are the three Domains?
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
A group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring are called what?
What is a species.
What microscope has 2 lenses (Objective Lens and Ocular Lens)
What is a compound microscope.
List three uses of microscopes outside of the classroom.
What are:
Surgery, Scientist, Pharmacy, Forensics, Archaeology, Geology, Steel Industry.
What is an organism's ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change?
What is homeostasis.
What are the 4 Kingdoms?
What are Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and Fungi.
A group of similar species. Also is the first word of a scientific name.
What is a genus.
What type of microscope is found in large science labs and uses a magnetic filed to focus a beam of electrons?
What is an electron microscope.
What are the two types of Electron Microscopes?
What are TEMs (Transmission Electron Microscope) and SEMs (Scanning Electron Microscopes)
What are the characteristics of life?
What are Organized, Grow and Develop, Redproduce, Respond, Maintain Internal Conditions, and use energy.
Are salamanders and snakes invertebrates or vertebrates?
What are vertebrates.
A series of descriptions arranged in pairs that leads the use to the identification of an unknown organism is called what?
What is a dichotomous key.
Who made the most significant discoveries using a microscope?
Who is Robert Hooke.
What is the order for classifying an organism?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.