Living Things
Potpourri
Scientific Names
Classifying
Mr. Howe
100
The smallest unit of life
What is the cell?
100
This man developed a microscope and gave cells their name
Who is Robert Hooke?
100
Two word scientific name for something
What is binomial nomenclature?
100
Why scientists classify things
What is to keep them organized? (or easy to find or compare?
100
Breakfast this morning
What is Lucky Charms?
200
Unicellular organisms have this many cells
What is one?
200
The taxonomy order....think about kings...
What is Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species?
200
Definition of a species
What is a group of organisms that have a lot in common and can reproduce?
200
One of the first people to classify things
Who is Aristotle?
200
The type of pet his family has.
What is a cat?
300
This term refers to things that have all of the characteristics of life
What are organisms?
300
The 2 kinds of microscopes
What are light and electron?
300
Definition of a genus
What is a group of similar species?
300
Aristotle's two main groups in classifying
What are plants and animals?
300
The number of years he has taught at Calvert.
What is 13?
400
These three things happen to an organism as time passes
What is develop, age, and die?
400
How electron microscopes work.
What is by using a beam of electrons?
400
A key used to identify something by asking pairs of questions.
What is a dichotomous key?
400
The Swedish physician who classified based on structure
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
400
His age
What is 48?
500
The six characteristics of all living things
What is organized, grow and develop, reproduce, respond, maintain certain internal conditions, and use energy?
500
Maintaining certain internal conditions when outside changes occur
What is homeostasis?
500
A family tree of similar organisms showing common traits
What is a cladogram?
500
The six kingdoms used today
What are bacteria, archaea, protista, fungi, plantae, and animalia?
500
His favorite number
What is 3?
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