Characteristics of Life
The most abundant chemical in a living thing is...
What is water?
This is the system scientists use to classify living things.
What is taxonomy?
Protists are _______ because they have a nucleus inside their cells.
What is eukaryotes?
True or false: Fungi are autotrophs.
What is false?
Animals, plants and fungi are ________ meaning they are made of many cells.
What is multicellular?
An organisms that makes it own food is called a...
What is autotroph?
This naming system is when you use the genus and species of an organism to come up with its scientific name.
What is binomial nomenclature?
Animal like protists are similar to animals because they are ________ and can ______.
What is heterotrophs, move?
Fungi reproduce using....
What is spores?
All the changes that take place during an organism’s life are part of its _________.
What is growth and development?
An organism that has to find its own food is called a...
What is heterotroph?
A scientific name is written in _________ using the ______ and species of that organism.
What is Latin, genus?
Plant like protists are similar to plants because they make their own _______.
What is food?
A _______ fungi feeds off of a host and causes harm. An example of this would be ringworm and athlete's foot.
What is parasitic?
A __________ has no nucleus inside their cells.
What is a prokaryote?
When a plant goes into dormancy for the winter, it is showing this characteristic of a living thing.
What is responding to a stimulus?
This classification group contains organisms that are able to breed and produce young of the same kind.
Fungus like protists are similar to protist because they reproduce using ________ and are ________.
What is spores, heterotrophs?
This structure allows the fungus to obtain nutrients from what it is feeding off of.
What is the hyphae?
Asexual reproduction involves ______ parent and the offspring is ______ than the parents.
What is 1, identical?
Sexual reproduction involves ______ parents and the offspring is ______ than the parents.
What is 2, different?
List ALL the levels of classification from broadest to most specific.
What is domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species?
What is a junk drawer?
A mushroom is classified as this type of fungi because it feeds on decaying matter.
What is saprophytic?
This is when an organism maintains its internal living conditions. An example would be a tiger wadding in the water to cool off in the summer heat.
What is homeostasis?