characteristics of living things
classifying
cells and microscopes
inside cells
potpourri
100
another term for a "single celled" organism

unicellular

100

The scientific study of classification

taxonomy

100

How many lenses are in a compound microscope?

two

100

The rigid layer of nonliving material surrounding plant cells

cell wall

100

true or false? Bacteria are unicellular eukaryotes

false, they are unicellular prokaryotes

200

organisms that cannot make their own food are called ____________.

heterotrophs

200

Organisms that have cells containing a nucleus

Eukaryotes

200
If the magnification of the eyepiece lens is 10x and the objective lens is 20x. What is the total magnification of the object?

200

200

true or false? All cells have a cell membrane.

true

200

The control center of the cell

nucleus

300

the term referring to stable internal conditions

homeostasis

300

The two-name naming system developed by Linnaeus

binomial nomenclature

300

Which scientist first observed cells in cork and gave them the term "cell" meaning "small rooms?"

a) Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b) Robert Hooke

c) Louis Pasteur

d) Albert Einstein

b) Robert Hooke

300

What happens in the mitochondria?

It is the "power" source of the cell, converting food molecules to energy for the cell
300

Name the 4 kingdoms within the domain Eukarya

animal, plant, fungi, protist

400

How did Redi disprove spontaneous generation?

He set up a controlled experiment to demonstrate that flies do not spontaneously arise from rotten meat.

400

describe how a scientific name of an organism is written

Genus species (genus then species, written in italics or underlined. Genus is capitalized, species is not).

400

Which statement is NOT part of cell theory?

a) cells join together to form organelles

b) all living things are made of cells

c) cells are produced from other cells

d) cells are the basic unit of structure and function

a) cells join together to form organelles
400

The organelle whose job is to store materials (food, water, waste, etc)

vacuole
400
In what domain do scientists believe that life on Earth originated?

Archaea

500

Where did the process of pasteurization come from?

Louis Pasteur heated broth to kill bacteria during his experiment that demonstrated that bacteria only come from existing bacteria.

500

Which is NOT a basis for classification:

a) number of cells

b) presence of a nucleus

c) size of the cells

d) how they get energy 

c) size of the cells

500

Name the two parts of the microscope used for focusing the image

coarse adjustment, fine focus adjustment

500

Name the two organelles that are unique to plants cells and the two organelles that are unique to animal cells.

plant: chloroplast, cell wall

animal: centriole, lysosome

500
A genus is divided into ____________. (Which level of classification?)

species