What is Life?
The mistaken idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources
Spontaneous Generation
The scientific study of how organisms are classified...it has nothing to do with paying money to the federal government.
Taxonomy
This domain includes organisms that are unicellular, and whose name refers to their ability to live in conditions similar to that of long ago Earth
Archaea
The process of many generations of organisms changing over time
Evolution
This type of experiment involves keeping every factor identical...except for one
The four basic needs all living things must satisfy in order to survive
Food, Water, Living Space, Stable Internal Conditions (Homeostasis)
The process of grouping things based on similar characteristics
Classification
An organism whose genetic material is not found within a nucleus
Prokaryote
This diagram shows probable evolutionary relationships among organisms
Branching Tree Diagram
The conditions that aid in producing the growth of bread mold
Moist and dark
This kingdom of organisms can be defined as autotrophic and multicellular
Plants
In the binomial nomenclature system of classification, the first word represents this
Genus
This part of the cell is a dense area that contains genetic material which directs a cell's activities
Nucleus
This scientist studied and wrote about evolutionary change, and set sail on a five year voyage from England in the 1830s
Charles Darwin
This variable is altered or changed for the sake of discovering whether or not it has an effect on something
Manipulated variable
This French scientist conducted an experiment to disprove spontaneous generation. His name is used in a food-preservation process today.
Louis Pasteur
A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other, and produce offspring that can also reproduce
Species
These four Kingdoms are found in the domain Eukarya
Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protist
The process by which unrelated organisms evolve similar characteristics
Convergent Evolution
This Italian scientist proved that maggots don't come from meat, but from other flies
Francisco Redi
The characteristics that determine whether or not something is living
Cellular Organization, Energy Use, Chemicals of Life, Response to Stimuli, Growth + Development, and Reproduction
The levels of classification, in order
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
"Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti"
Every single member of this Kingdom is a multicellular heterotroph
Animalia
The name of the Pacific island chain in which much of the evidence for the theory of evolution was gathered
The Galapagos Islands
The name of the trombonist playing on the record player
Glenn Miller