Classification 1
What is an organism?
A living thing
What is an Endotherm? Provide an Example
Warm blooded
What is a Vertebrate?
An animal with a backbone
Mushrooms belong to what animal kingdom?
Fungi
What do we call the study of classification?
Taxonomy!
What is the difference between an autotroph and heterotroph?
Autotroph - An organism that can produce its own food
Heterotroph - An organism that needs to consume for food.
What are the characteristics that make something a living thing?
Movement
Respiration
Sensitive
Grow
Excrete
Nutrients
What is an Ectotherm? Provide an example.
Cold-blooded
What is a Behavioural Adaptation?
When an organism adapts to a certain behaviour to survive.
What is a structural adaptation?
A physical feature that an organism adapted to survive in its environment
What is a physiological adaptation?
An organisms adaptation from inside the body to survive in the environment.
Name the 5 kingdoms of life
Name the 5 classes of Vertebrates
Reptilia
Mammalia
Pieces
Amphibians
Aves
Genus, Species
What is a characteristic of Amphibians?
Permeable skin
Aquatic when young
Can live on land when fully grown
Bears tend to hibernate in the winter to slow down their conserve their energy and food. This is an example of a ___________ adaptation.
Behavioural
What is Binomial Nomenclature?
The species name using Genus and Species.
Birds have adapted themselves to have feathers to be warm and to fly. This is an example of a __________ adaptation.
Structural
List the 8 levels of classification order. (Did King Philip Come Over For Good Soup?)
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Genus
Species
When making a dichotomy key. How are the options decided?
Yes/No Structure