Living things
Who is the common living ancestor?
LUCA
What is the main idea of natural selection?
The species that survive are the ones that adapts the best to their enviroment.
What are microorganisms?
they are living things impossible to observe without a microscope
Why do scientists classify living things?
To organize and study them more easily.
What is biodiversity?
total of living things that inhabit the earth. referes to the number and abundance of species in the ecosystem
Basic unit of life
cells
How many taxons there are?
7
What are pathogens?
microorganisms that cause us disease
What are the two groups living things can be classified into?
Kingdoms and domains
True or false: Algae can be unicellular or multicellular organisms and autotrophic
TRUE
It is a typoe of organisms where one cell carries all the functions necessary to stay alive
unicellular organism
True or false: humans are apart of the animal kingdom
TRUE
Name one shape of a virus
rod, spiral, bacteriophage
What is the criteria to classify into a kingdom?
type of cells, number of cells, and function of living
How does yeast obtain energy?
Process called fermentation
It is a guide to follow in order to identify living things
Dichotomous key
What taxonomy levels are used in scientific names?
Genus and specie
or general and specific
Parasites are a type of
Protist
What are the three domains?
bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotic
True or false: Protozoa are multicellular organisms and heterotrophic
FALSE
Name 3 characteristics of living things
Made of cells, respond and stimuli, use energy, grow, develop, reproduce, chemicals
True or false: prokaryotic kingdom is unicellular with a simple cell structure and nucleus
FALSE
Part of a fungi that gives structure, grows food, release chemicals, spread over a large area
Hyphae
Name one similarity and one difference between bacteria and archaea
Same: single celled organisms and prokaryotic
difference: bacteria do NOT live in extreme places and archaea DO
Name the two ways bacteria gets nutrition and their reproduction type
Heterotrophic and autotrophic and asexual: bipartition