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How many Kingdoms are there?
5 kingdoms
What does Abiotic mean?
Non living.
What does Biotic mean?
Living.
What is the dependent variable?
What is being measured in the experiment.
What is the independent variable?
What is being changed in the experiment.
What is Unicellular?
Has only one cell.
What is multi cellular?
Has many cells
What is respiration?
Breathing, Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in living cells.
What is the controlled variable?
Things you keep the same in an experiment.
What is Botany?
The study of plants.
Identify the control, dependent and independent variables:
Students of different ages were given the same jigsaw puzzle to put together. They were timed to see how long it took to finish the puzzle.
Dependent: how long it takes to put the puzzle together.
Independent: Students of different ages.
Control: Same puzzle.
Identify the independent, dependent and control variables.
An investigation was done with an electromagnetic system made from a battery and wire wrapped around a nail. Different sizes of nails were used. The number of paper clips the electromagnet could pick up was measured.
Independent: Different size of nails
Dependent: The number of clips that were picked up were measured
Control:Electromagnetic system
Independent and dependent?
The higher the temperature of water, the faster an egg will boil.
Dependent: Time it took to cook an egg
Independent: Temperature of water
The temperature of water was measured at different depths of a pond.
Dependent: Temperature of water
Independent: Different depths of a pond
Hamsters raised on a taco diet have less heart disease than hamsters raised on Purina Hamster Chow.
Independent: Hamsters diet
Dependent: Heart disease
Which kingdom is prokaryotic?
Monera
What kingdoms are Eukaryotic?
Fungi, animal, plants, protist
What is Taxonomy?
Method of classifying living things.
How do you know if something is alive? Hint: what are the six questions you need to ask.
Does it eat?
Does it breath?
Does it grow?
Does it reproduce?
Can it move?
Does it have cells?
What is the order of the taxonomy classification system?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
Name all five kingdoms.
Protist, Monera, Animal, Plant, Fungi.
What is Binomial Classification?
Two name system of classification developed by Carl Linnaeus.
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
Was a Swedish botanist who developed a 7-level taxa classification system.
What is the difference between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?
Eu: Have a nucleus, and specialized organelles.
Pro: Are single celled and do not have specialized organelles.
What is the Scientific Method in order?
1. Question/Research
2. Hypothesis
3. Experiment
4. Observe and record
5. Analyze
6. Conclusion/share results