Vocab
Characteristics
Kingdoms
Scientific Names
Reading a Dichotomous Key
100
This is the smallest unit of life.
What is a cell?
100
This characteristic means an organism changes over time.
What is Growth and Development?
100
This Kingdom consists of simple, unicellular organisms such as bacteria.
What is Bacteria?
100
The first word in a scientific name is the _______.
What is Genus?
100
According to the Dichotomous Key, B is this.
What is a firefly?
200
These kinds of organisms are made of two or more cells.
What are multicellular?
200
This Characteristic describes whether the organism is made of one cell or two.
What is Organization or Cell Composition?
200
This Kingdom consists of unicellular or multicellular organisms that absorb their food.
What are Fungi?
200
When it comes to scientific names, we base them off an organism's ________.
What are Characteristics?
200
According to the dichotomous key, leave A is this.
What is a chestnut?
300
Binomial Nomenclature consists of two words, ______ and ______.
What are Species and Genus?
300
This characteristic includes an organism's need to eat to function.
What is Energy?
300
This Kingdom consists of organisms that make their own food.
What is Plantae?
300
This is a method of classifying organisms, using descriptions arranged in pairs to narrow it down.
What is a dichotomous key?
300
According tot he Dichotomous Key leaf H is this.
What is Holly?
400
This is a thing that has all characteristics of life.
What is an Organism?
400
This characteristic includes both Internal and External and describes out an organism might react.
What is Stimuli?
400
This kingdom includes multicellular organisms that must take in their own food.
What is Animalia?
400
This is a branched diagram that shows the relationships between organisms, including common ancestry.
What is a Cladogram?
400
According to the dichotomous Key, bird w is this.
What is Geospiza?
500
This is a special kind of electron microscope that transmits electrons through an object.
What is Transmission?
500
This characteristic is the ability of an organism to maintain its internal conditions.
What is Homeostasis?
500
This Domain is the only one to contain more than one kingdom.
What is Eukarya?
500
This is the scientific name for the common brown bear.
What is Ursus Arctos?
500
According to the dichotomous key, bird z is this.
What is Camathynchus?