Vocabulary
Smallest unit of life
What is cell
Organization, growth and development, reproduction, response to stimuli, homeostasis, use of energy
What are characteristics of all living things
A branched diagram that shows the relationships among organisms, including common ancestors
What is a cladogram
The building block of matter that is composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons
What is atom
2 main types of microscopes
What are light microscopes and electron microscopes
Uses light and lenses to enlarge an image of an object
What is a light microscope
This is vital function for all organisms
What is homeostasis
A series of descriptions arranged in pairs that leads the user to the identification of an unknown organism
What is a dichotomous key
Name 3 features of an insect that scientists might use to identify it
What are number and structure of legs and wings, outside covering, kind of antennae, and other external parts
Calculate the magnification of a compound microscope with a 10x ocular lens and a 4x objective lens
What is 10x4=40x (must include the x)
Uses more than one lens to magnify an image
What is a compound microscope
A species may become extinct if they are unsuccessful at this
What is reproduction
Name the 3 domains
What are Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
List 5 professions that benefit from using microscopes
What are doctors, lab techs, forensic scientists, archaeologists, detectives
2 structures in a cell are 0.1 micrometers apart appear this way under a microscope
What is the 2 structures will look like 1 structure because the resolution cannot distinguish them as 2 separate points
The classification category that ranks above phylum and below domain
What is kingdom
2 classifications of living things
What are unicellular organisms and multicellular organisms
Name 4 out of the 6 Kingdoms
What are Bacteria, Archaea, Protists, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
Name 4 scientific objects mentioned in this chapter that can be viewed with a microscope
What are microscopic organisms, cell and cell parts, small body parts, and structure of matter such as fossils and metals
This scientist made one of the most significant discoveries using a microscope
Who is Robert Hooke (observed and named cells)
The naming system that gives each organism a two-word scientific name
What is binomial nomenclature
Name 3 ways living things get energy
What is the sun, making food, eating food, or absorbing food
Linneaus's naming system that gives each organism a two-word scientific name
What is binomial nomenclature
Examining an object under a microscope to see if it was made up of cells tells you this
What is whether it is living or nonliving
2 types of electron microscopes (use full name and not abbreviation) and name their main difference
What are scanning electron microscopes (SEM), which passes electrons over an object's surface and transmission electron microscopes (TEM), which passes electrons through an object