Living Things
An organism is________________
What is a living thing?
The two-part scientific name that indicates its genus and species is known as this.
What is binomial nomenclature?
This is a tiny, nonliving particle that enters and then reproduces inside a living cell.
What is a virus?
This is a plant structure that allows for gas exchange of carbon dioxide, oxygen and water vapor.
What is stoma?
A group of cells that perform a similar function are known as this.
What are tissues?
All organisms are made of _____________
What is at least one cell?
This is the process of grouping things based on their similarities.
What is classification?
This is a substance used in vaccination that consists of pathogens, such as viruses, that have been weakened or killed but can still trigger the body to produce chemicals that destroy pathogens.
What is a vaccine?
These are three cell parts that a plant cell has that an animal cells doesn't have.
What are a large vacuole, cell wall, and chloroplast?
These are the three domains.
What are eukarya, archaea, and bacteria (eubacteria)?
A unicellular organism is made up of how many cells?
What is one?
In the classification of organisms, the broadest level of organization is this.
What is domain?
These are single-celled, prokaryotes that can be in the shape of a ball, rod or spiral.
What are bacteria?
These are low-growing plants that lack vascular tissue for transporting material.
What are nonvascular plants?
This is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph.
The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources is called _________________
What is spontaneous generation?
This is the process of change over time.
What is evolution?
These are eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as animals, plats or fungi.
What are protists?
Animals with a backbone are called this.
What is vertebrates?
These are the two words that make up the scientific name of organisms.
What are genus and species?
The maintenance of stable internal conditions (balance) in organisms is called ______________
What is homeostasis?
This is the process by which unrelated organisms evolve similar characteristics.
What is convergent evolution?
These organisms have hyphae, threadlike tubes, which give them structure and allow them to spread over large areas.
What are fungi?
These are characteristics that organisms inherit to help them survive in their environment.
What are adaptations?
The difference between a prokaryote and a eukaryote is........
What is a prokaryote does not have a nucleus and a eukaryote does have a nucleus?