Life Processes
The process of keeping an organism's internal conditions stable.
Homeostasis
The process of organizing organisms into groups based on shared characteristics.
Classification
This tool helps identify an organism through a series of choices.
Dichotomous key
A feature or quality of an organism, such as fur color or the number of legs.
Characteristic or trait
What is Ms. Lara going to school for? and where?
Biology Teacher, Dalton State College
Changes in the environment that cause an organism to react are called these.
Stimuli
The science of naming and classifying organisms.
Taxonomy
Each step in a dichotomous key presents this many choices.
Two choices
These characteristics help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
Adaptations
What are some of Ms. Lara's hobbies?
Basketball, Soccer, art
Changes in the environment that cause an organism to react are called these.
Responds or reacts
This classification level contains organisms that can generally reproduce with one another and produce fertile offspring.
Species
Why must you follow the choices in a dichotomous key in order?
Each choice directs you to the next step needed to correctly identify the organism.
What is evolution and does it usually happen in a short or long period of time?
Give an example:
(Hint: think about the Bill Nye video)
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
What kind of dog does Ms. Lara have?
A person sweats when their body gets too hot. What life process does sweating help maintain? And why?
Homeostasis because they are trying to balance their body temperature.
What are the different levels of classification?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylm, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.
Why are objective traits better than subjective traits for dichotomous keys?
Objective traits are characteristics that are based on facts rather than opinions. Subjective traits are based on opinions and may mean different things to different people.
Give an example of an adaptation and how it helps the organism survive?
correct
When is Ms. Lara's birthday month?
DECEMBER
A plant bends toward sunlight. Identify the stimulus and the response.
The stimulus is sunlight, and the response is the plant bending toward it.
Explain correctly how to write scientific names correctly.
Genus: The first word begins with a capital letter.
Species: The second word begins with a lowercase letter.
Italicize both words when typing.
Why might a scientist use a dichotomous key instead of guessing an organism's identity?
The key provides an organized, step-by-step way to identify an organism using observable characteristics.
Two organisms live in different habitats but share the same body structure. Why might a scientist group them together?
They share observable characteristics that may indicate similarities between them. Habitat alone does not determine classification.
Who's Ms. Lara's favorite player?
LEBRON JAMESSSS