Living things
What are the two main types of cells?
Prokaryote and Eukaryote
yeast, mold or mushrooms.
What is photosynthesis?
The plants ability to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Do animals have prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells?
eukaryotic
What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
Prokaryotic cells do not have specialized organelles or membrane bound nucleus and eukaryotic cells do.
prokaryote
Do fungi have prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells?
eukaryotic
What is a vascular plant?
uses a straw like structure called the xylem to transport water.
What are the two types of animals?
invertebrate and vertebrate
What is the difference between a heterotroph and an autotroph?
heterotrophs are consumers (eat other organisims), autotrophs can make their own food.
Where do you find archaebacteria?
in extreme environments such as thermal vents, hot springs, salt lakes, etc.
both organisms benefit
What is a non vascular plant?
Collects water like a sponge. They remain close to the ground and do not grow very tall.
what is an invertebrate?
an animal with no backbone.
What 8 things do you need to be considered a living thing?
What analogy do we use for protists and why?
The junk drawer because they don't quite fit in with the other kingdoms
Symbiosis: What is commensalism?
One organism benefits and the other isn't benefited or harmed.
What gives plants their green color?
Chlorophyll
What is an invertebrates hard structure on the outside called?
exoskeleton
What is the hierarchy of classification? (taxonomy)
species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingom
Are protists heterotrophic or autotrophic?
both
Symbiosis: What is parasitism?
One organism benefits while harming another organism.
non vascular
What are the five classes of vertebrates?
birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish