Classification of Living Things
to group by similarity
classify
A deer sees a hunter in the woods and responds by running away. Is it living?
response to stimulus
True or false biogenesis was believed to be true in the 1600s.
False
Any living thing is called what?
organism
A theory that living things came from____ things.
non-living
The largest classification category
Kingdom
Your muscles contract in order to make heat.
homeostasis
What does the theory of biogenesis state?
Living things come from living things
If an animal produces more animals, this is an example of what characteristic?
Reproduce
The scientist that put meat into jars to prove biogenesis.
Franceso Redi
The categories that give the scientific name.
genus and species
A newborn becoming a teenager and then an adult.
growth/ development
True of False people believed that mice came from grain?
True
An organism consumes food because it______ ______.
uses energy
What did Lazarro Spallanzani use for his experiment?
Broth and flasks
The system that gives the scientific name
binomial nomenclature
A plant leaning toward the sun.
Stimulus/ response
A cat producing kittens is an example of what?
Biogenesis
Anything the helps an organism better survive in its habitat is what?
An adaptation
What scientist founded microorganisms because of his experiment?
Louis Pasteur
The tool that is used to identify organisms
dichotomous key
Each body system is made of organs and organs are made of tissues, tissues are made of?
cells
What scientist thought he disproved biogenesis?
John Needham
What is the definition of an organism being able to maintain normal body condition?
Homeostasis
What did Louis Pasteur see in the flasks to prove biogenesis was true?
Microorganisms