vocabulary 1
The most basic unit of life
What is a cell?
A group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring
What is a Species?
Uses light and lenses to enlarge an image of an object
What is a Light Microscope?
Process by which an organism makes new organisms of the same species
What is Reproduction?
The mnemonic for Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Living things that are made up of only one cell
What is Unicellular?
A group of similar species
What is a Genus?
A light microscope that uses more than one lens to magnify an object
What is a Compound Microscope?
What is Growth and Development?
The "First and Last Name" a scientists gives an organism by using binomial nomenclature
What is Genus and Species?
Living things that are made up of two or more cells
What is Multicellular?
A series of descriptions arranged in pairs that leads the user to the identification of an unknown organism
What is a Dichotomous Key?
Uses a magnetic field to focus a beam of electrons through an object or onto an object's surface
Light, temperature, sights, sound, and smell
True or False. You do not have to start at the beginning of the Dichotomous Key to figure out the organism.
False
Things that have all the characteristics of life
A branched diagram that shows the relationships among organisms, including common ancestors
What is a Cladogram?
Makes an object appear larger than it really is
What is Magnification?
Pain, fear, hunger, shivering, and sweating
What is Internal Stumuli?
All organisms to the _______ of a characteristic noted on the cladogram have that characteristic. The organisms to the _______ do not.
Right, Left
An organism's ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change
What is Homeostasis?
Gives each organism a two-word scientific name
What is Binomial Nomenclature?
A student observes a blood sample with a compound microscope that has a 10X ocular lens and a 40X objective lens. How much larger do the blood cells appear under the microscope?
How much is 400 times?
This needs to be maintained in a living organism. It helps the organism to survive.
What is Homeostasis?
The scientist who first coined the term "classification" to organize organisms
Who is Aristotle?