Vocab
protozoan shaped like a slipper
paramecium
Yeast is a member of the Kingdom
Fungi
first scientist to see a drop of life in canal water
Leeuwenhoek
Guinea pigs are not pigs, but ______
rodents
the study of animals
zoology
protozoan that can change its shape
amoeba
the category of living things that produce their own food from sunlight, CO2, and H2O
Plants
scientist who developed binomial classification system
Linnaeus
The Canary Islands were named for ________
Wild dogs
the study of plants
botany
small hairlike filaments that propel paramecium
cilia
A member of the Kingdom Protista must be made up of a single _______
Cell
name of whip-like tail on euglena
flagellum
Name 2 examples of the word canine discussed in chpt. 3
canary; canine teeth; canis major/minor; dog, dog star, dog days of summer
large underground mat that is the main body of a mushroom
hyphae
beneficial mold studied by Fleming
paramecium
Makes up the cell walls of plants
Cellulose
bacteria differ from protozoa in that they do not have a _______
What does the Latin word rodent mean?
To gnaw
Scientific organization based in London to discuss discoveries
The Royal Society
layer of algae sandwiched between two fungi
lichen
Nobel used this protozoa to manufacture dynamite sticks
Diatoms
breaks down organic matter; aids digestion
The author of Science of Botany
Carl Linnaeus
Non-living genetic material that only comes alive in inside a living cell
virus