7 Rules
Old-School Science
5 Kingdoms
Key Terms
Miscellanea Naturae
100

Rule 2

What is to tell the truth.

100

The great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of modern biology?

Who is Aristotle?

100

Only one kind of organism makes up this kingdom.

What is Monera?

100

The ability of an animal to take in information about the outside world by receiving impressions of things, kind of like wax receives the impression of a ring.

What is sensation?

100

The part of a field entry that includes notes, drawings, data tables, and types of information.

What are observations?

200

"One of these things is not like the other" is an example of which Rule in action?

What is Rule 3 (classify based on similarity and difference).

200

The three basic properties of living things.

What are to take in nutrition, to grow, and to crete offspring?

200

Modern systems of biological classification rely on ______ or structure. 

What is anatomy?

200

Not having characteristics in common, being incomparable, or being unlike.

What is difference?

200

The world is so full of a number of __________ ,
I’m sure we should all be as happy as ________ .

What are things and kings?

300

Rule 4

What is Be Precise.

300

Aristotle did not include which properties of living things found in present-day textbooks?

What are environment integrated and cellular [composition]?

300

This kingdom includes the blue-green fuzzy life forms that occupy the back of your fridge.

What is fungi?

300

A thing that has two traits: some observable stable property and the ability to undergo change.

What is a physical thing?

300

Believed that living things were similar in structure, which lead to the development of the modern classification system.

Who are Linnaeus and Cuvier?

400

"Lively and vigorous and full of imagery" describes which Rule?

What is Rule 5 (Use Vivid Language)

400

Aristotle thought it was "_____ that primarily constitutes the animal."

What is sensation?

400

A kingdom whose members have escaped from cell walls and are free to roam about for their chow.

What is animal?

400

The development of an organism to maturity (which typically includes reproduction) through the assimilation of nutrients into the organism.

What is growth?

400

A crude air filter composed of protein filaments to stop foreign particles from entering the nasal cavity, as well as to help collect moisture.

What is nosehair?

500

Being brief, but complete. You don't want to leave anything out, but you don't want to include any fluff that doesn't really help.

What is Rule 6 (Be Concise)

500

The development of an organism to maturity (which typically includes reproduction) through the assimilation of nutrients into the organism.

What is nutrition?

500

Some members of this kingdom include kelp, sargassum, and the yeast-eating paramecium. 

What is protista?

500

Made up of one or more of the "building blocks of life."

What is cellular?

500

Who said the following: "Every realm of nature is marvellous: and as Heraclitus, when the strangers who came to visit him found him warming himself at the furnace in the kitchen and hesitated to go in, reported to have bidden them not to be afraid to enter, as even in that kitchen divinities were present, so we should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste"?

Who is Aristotle?