An expert in, or student of natural history
Naturalist
What characteristics do all living organisms share? (List 3)
Movement (internal, external, and cellular)
Growth & Development
Response to stimuli
Reproduction
Use of energy
Cellular structure
What is the cell?
The smallest functional unit of life
Organelle only found in plant cells and protists that are autotrophs- contains its own DNA
Chloroplast
List 3 of the 6 kingdoms
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
The research and study of organisms including microorganisms, animals, fungi, and plants in their environment
Natural History
The scientific naming of a species- literally means "2 named naming system"
Binomial nomenclature
This organelle controls the cell's activity
Nucleus
This organelle has enzymes that breaks down bigger molecules into smaller molecules
Lysosome
- These organisms have some traits of organisms found in Fungus, Plant and Animal Kingdoms
- But they just do not completely fit within those Kingdoms
Protists
What qualifications should a naturalist have? (List 3)
Close observer
A student of natural history
Accurately write down and draw their observation
Share information with others
Binomial nomenclature includes these two parts
Genus species
This organelle lets things into and out of the cell
Cell membrane
This organelle can be rough or smooth- makes proteins and lipids
Endoplasmic reticulum
The 3 main groups of protists
Protozoans (animal-like)
Algae (plant-like)
Slime-molds (fungus-like)
Lewis and Clark
List the correct order of biological classification
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
List the three functions of the cell wall
Protection, structure, transport
This organelle packages and processes molecules made in the E.R.
Golgi bodies
List 3 traits of fungi
Heterotrophs, unicellular or multicellular, reproduce sexually or asexually
This naturalist studied finches and theorized evolutution
Charles Darwin
He was the first to attempt to classify all animals
Aristotle
This organelle breaks down sugar molecules for energy in a process called cellular respiration
Mitochondria
This organelle acts like a storage container- it holds water in plant cells
Vacuole
Penicillin was discovered by this man
Alexander Flemming