Vocabulary
A collection of interconnected food chains
Food Web
A collection of living things and their environment
Ecosystem
A way of identifying or grouping living things is called what?
Classification
DNA
Solve the Punnett Square Problem on the whiteboard
TBD
A tiny unit of living matter, the basic building block of all life.
Cell
A process whereby energy passes along a chain of living things
Food Chain
A group of living things that can breed together in the wild.
Species
A set of instructions that tell your body how to develop; found on the chromosomes
Genes
In a food chain, are animals called consumers or producers?
Consumers
The natural home of a species
Habitat
What is Ms. Sidney's fiancés' name?
Peter Niwahereza
True or False: Carolus Linnaeus devised a system for classifying living things
True!
Bundles of DNA that can be found in the cell's nucleus; they work together to tell an organism how to develop.
Chromosome
What is a habitat? Name three examples of some of the world's habitats.
Polar, Tundra, Grassland, Ocean, Rainforest, Desert, Mountains, Freshwater, Forest/Woods
The highest category in which all things are classified
Kingdom
The division of a cell nucleus to produce two identical cells.
Mitosis
Write on the whiteboard the divisions of life in descending order (beginning with Kingdom)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
King Phillip Can Only Find Green Socks
The shape of a DNA strand is called what?
Double Helix
True or False: A community is the plants and animals that live together in a particular habitat.
True!
The study of relationships between living things and their environment
Ecology
Nutrient
What are the five kingdoms for classification?
Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protist, and Monera
What are the two stages of cell division in a plant cell? What happens in each part?
Mitosis and cytokinesis
During Mitosis the nucleus divides, creating two parts; each part becomes a new nucleus.
During Cytokinesis a cell plate forms along the dividing line and a new cell wall builds up along the plate.
Choose one of the Nutrient Cycles (Nitrogen, Carbon, Water) and draw a diagram or explain it in detail.
TBD