Characteristics of Life
A complete living thing
Organism
God commanded all living things to.....
Reproduce after their kind
Different living things may obtain energy from....
sunlight, plants & animals
The classification system in use today is based on
Physical characteristics
What is a true statement for the modern classification system?
A class contains several orders
Material inside a cell
Cytoplasm
Suppose you discover a new organism. Regardless of what it is, you can say with confidence that it has at least one....
Cell
Which two statements are included in the cell theory...
All cells come from preexisting cells & All living things are made of cells
The science of classifying organisms is called
Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus
Ends an organism's life cycle
Death
The boxlike structures that Robert Hooke first named cells were actually....
Cell walls
What are the characteristics of life
reproduction, growth, life cycles & the ability to use energy
If you studied a fish & found it had fins, breathed using gills, and lived in the water, you could assume that other fish probably have these characteristics. This process is called.....
Generalization
Kingdom is to phylum as family is to
Genus
Containing carbon
Organic
Today, all new living things come from.....
other living things
Lipids are an important part of the.....
cell membranes
When writing a scientific name, the genus is....
capitalized & italicized or underlined
Used for accuracy
Scientific name
The successive stages of life
Fats are also known as
Lipids
All proteins are made up of.....
amino acids
True/False - One problem with the classification system is that there are no clear definitions for the various groups or taxa.
True
The middle classification level
Order
The ability to do work
Energy
Which of the following require functioning cells
______ holds the code for the characteristics of an organism
DNA
To assign an organism to a particular group is to....
classify
Largest classification level
Kingdom
Made of only one cell
Unicellular
Evolution
Plants get their energy from....
Sunlight
Evolutionists assume that two organisms that are classified in the same group evolved from what.....
common ancestor
Buffalo, for example
Common name