Characteristics of Life
A type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of two parents, especially single-celled organisms, and make identical copies (or clones) of themselves
What is asexual reproduction?
Greek philosopher that developed a classification system that divided living things into several groups that we still use today, including mammals, insects, and reptiles.
Who was Aristotle?
Organism with optimal growth in environmental conditions considered extreme in that it is challenging for a carbon-based life form, such as all life on Earth, to survive
What are extremophiles?
the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals to make genetically unique offspring.
What is sexual reproduction?
French scientist that developed binomial nomenclature, a way to give a scientific name to every organism. In this system, each organism receives a two-part name in which the first word is the genus (a group of species), and the second word refers to one species in that genus.
Who was Carolus (Carl) Linnaeus?
Cells without a nucleus
What are prokaryotic cells?
is composed of all the outside factors or influences that impact living organisms constantly by responding to something important or interesting.
What is external environment?
The scientific study of naming, defining and classifying groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics
What is Taxonomy?
These microorganisms lack cell nuclei and are therefore prokaryotes. they were initially classified as bacteria.
What is Archaea?
the smallest structural and functional unit of all living organisms.
What is a cell?
a group of similar individuals that can interbreed with one another and produce fertile offspring even though they may look quite different.
What is a species?
All of the cells keep their genetic material, or DNA, inside the nucleus
what is domain Eukarya?
All living organisms need this in order to grow and reproduce and carry out the other process of life
Ranks that scientists have defined as major categories for classifying organisms
What are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species?
eukaryotic organisms that do not fit into one of the other three kingdoms.
What is Kingdom Protista?