Classification
This is the smallest level of classification
What are species?
This is the number of individuals in an area
What is Population?
This field studies plants
What is Botany?
This molecule surrounds the Earth protecting us from UV radiation
What is ozone?
This pigment is produced to protect us from UV radiation. (Hint you have a much higher concentration than I do)
What is Melanin?
This kingdom is used for fermentation in beer and manufacturing of penicilin
What is Fungi?
These organisms occupy the second trophic level on an energy pyramid
This field of biology studies how organisms react with each other and their environment
What is Ecology?
This relationship involves one organism benefitting and the other neither benefitting nor being harmed. (Example: Trees and moss)
What is Commensalism?
This is the functional unit of the kidney, using millions of these we extract salts and water from our blood
What is the nephron
This device allows you to sort organisms based on their characteristics and yes or no questions
What are dichotomous keys?
This is a relationship in which one organism gains and the other is harmed
What is Parasitism?
Someone in this field would perhaps study diseases like Ebola or just the flu
What is Virology?
These plants thrive in salty conditions like Kenya's coast.
What are Halophytes (mangroves)?
This excretory product helps you stay awake after drinking chai ama kahawa
What is caffeine?
This class is named because all members of it nurse through breast feeding
What are mammals?
This process is possible thanks to the pigment in plants called chlorophyll
What is photosynthesis?
This field studies the chemistry behind biological processes. I also studied this in university as my major.
What is Biochemistry?
A catergory of gases that causes the Earth to trap more heat and become warmer like a blanket ama Sweta
What are greenhouse gases?
This treatment is used to help you gain immunity without actually catching the illness. Commonly used in Kenya for TB
What is vaccination?
What are whales
This is the second kingdom we discussed, including organisms such as Algae and Trypanosoma
What is Protoctista?
Someone who studies this discipline of biology would love Chapter 1: Classification
What is Taxonomy?
This pyramid shows the number of organisms that live at each trophic level
What is a Pyramid of Numbers
This blood type is commonly called the Universal Donor because it has no antigens.
What is O-?