Living vs Non-Living
MRS GREN stands for
Movement, respiration, stimulus-response, growth, reproduction, excrete wastes and nutrition.
The language used for scientific naming
Latin
The highest level of classification is
Kingdom
Something that creates its own food is known as
A producer/autotroph
The ultimate source of energy in all food webs
The sun
A bike is not living because
It cannot move by itself, reproduce, respond to stimulus, it does not grow, excrete waste
Organisms are classified together in the same group when they have:
Similar features
The 7 levels of Linnaean classification
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Organisms, such as fungi and bacteria, that release chemicals to break down dead matter are called:
Decomposers
The difference between a food web and a food chain
An organism is...
A living thing
The number of choices that are given at each step of a dichotomous key
2
The scientific name for dogs is Canis familiaris.
Canis represents the
Genus
An apex predator is
An animal that is not preyed upon by any other animals
Consumers get their energy by:
Eating plants and animals
The difference between dead and non-living
Dead is something that was once alive, non-living was never alive
The scientific name for a lion
Panthera leo
The advantage of scientific naming
Allows scientists to communicate clearly about particular species
Biodiversity is
All different types of life
Grass->Mouse->Snake->Hawk
The snake is a _________ order consumer
Second
Abiotic and biotic factors refer to
Abiotic - living things
Biotic - Non-living things
Definition of an invasive species
Organisms that belong to the same ____________ are the most similar.
Species
A fourth level consumer is also known as this
Quandary consumer
These two things cause all food chains to restart
Decomposers and detritivores