This characteristic is demonstrated by a plant changing position to face the sun.
Responding to Environment.
100
Please give the scientific name for an ant or a toad.
Ant = formica
Toad = bufo
100
Why do we classify organisms?
Because there are 2.5 million organisms on earth. Classifying makes them organized and helps us learn about their similarities. It also helps us find and study them easier.
100
Is the sun living, dead, or non-living? Why?
Non-living because it is not made up of cells, cannot reproduce and cannot respond to the environment,
200
This provides living things with nutrition.
Food
200
This is when an organism can make more of itself.
Reproduce
200
Please give the scientific name for a Chickadee or a Butterfly.
Chickadee = articapillus
Butterfly = plexippus
200
What language do we use to classify organisms?
Latin
200
Is grass in the lawnmower bag living, dead or non-living?
Dead.
300
This need causes many organisms to fight over it.
Living Space
300
This is the characteristic of a baby becoming an adult.
(Grow) Develop
300
Give the scientific name for a snake or a turtle
Snake = elegans
Turtle = serpentina
300
When we classify do we move from
general to specific
OR
specific to general?
General to specific.
300
This is the characteristic of life that includes DNA, carbon, nitrogen, and many others.
Chemicals of life.
400
What is Homeostasis?
Stable internal conditions (such as temperature) even when the environment changes.
400
These are the building blocks of life.
Cells
400
Give the scientific name for a fox or a moose.
Fox = vulpes
Moose = alces
400
What is the name of the key we use to classify?
Dichotomous key
400
What characteristics DON'T we use to identify organisms? Why?
Movement and behaviors because they can change quickly.
500
All organisms need food. What do we call the organisms that can make their own food inside their bodies?
autotrophs
500
Organisms use this to move, eat, fight, produce young and just power their bodies.
Energy
500
Give the scientific name of a fly or a raccoon.
Fly = pterotus
Raccoon = lotor
500
What type of characteristics do we use to classify organisms?
Physical Characteristics.
500
Is fried chicken biotic or abiotic? Why?
Abiotic. Even though the chicken was alive, once it has been cooked or processed it is considered non-living or abiotic.