The Study of Life & Scientific Method
What does "biology" mean?
Study of life
Nucleus
What are the three least specific levels of taxonomy, represented by "Dear Kings Play..." in the popular mnemonic?
Domain, Kingdom, and Phylum.
Organisms in this prokaryotic domain can live in EXTREME temperatures.
Archaea domain
Name the whip-like tail that spins or whips to help some protists move.
How many steps are there in the scientific method?
7
Which cell type has a true membrane-bound nucleus? (Teachers decide if we name cell types)
EUKARYOTIC
Classification is to arrange different types of organisms based on their similarities and _____________.
differences
What process do CYANOBACTERIA and ALGAE use chlorophyll for?
Photosynthesis
Which extremely important type of algae produces 25 - 50% of our atmosphere's oxygen when alive? (Some sources say 20 - 40%)
Diatoms
Really a KINGDOM FUNGI question:
This type of organism decomposes or "recycles" dead material: _______trophs
Saprotrophs
Biomolecules consist of four groups of compounds. Name one of those compounds that humans eat every day to stay alive.
Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids are all acceptable answers.
Carl Linnaeus is credited with developing BINOMIAL ___________________.
a. nomination
b. nomenclature
c. nomad creature
d. class, genus, species
TRUE OR FALSE
Less than 1% of bacteria can make you sick.
TRUE
Where are spores located on a typical mushroom?
On the underside of the cap. (Also accept: Gills)
List THREE of the six CHARACTERISTICS OF living things.
p 3 in wkbk: 1. Sense & respond to environment 2. Grow and Develop 3. Obtain & use energy 4. Have ability to reproduce 5. Contain DNA & RNA 6. Contain six essential elements (CHNOPS)
Explain the difference between an ELEMENT and a COMPOUND.
An element is made up of only ONE TYPE of atom; a compound is made of two or more different elements chemically bonded together.
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista are all kingdoms under this domain:
a. Archaea
b. Bacteria
c. Eukarya
c. Eukarya
Binary fission and _______________ are two ways that archaea and bacteria reproduce asexually
budding
What MOLD gives us penicillin (a medicine)?
Penicillium
Name the six ELEMENTS essential to living beings.
CHNOPS: Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur
We learned about CATALASE during our potato & liver lab. What type of substance is CATALASE and other substances that end in -ASE ?
Enzyme
Scientists write scientific names of species a certain way. The first word indicates the ____________, and the second word gives it's species.
Genus
What 11-letter word that starts with C is the name for bacteria transferring DNA without reproducing?
Conjugation
The mass colony of underground hairlike parts (hyphae) of a fungus is called _________________.
mycelium