Criterion for Life
The first criterion for life states that all living things contain hereditary information in their _____ that enables life to continue through ___________.
what is DNA and reproduction
What is the shape of DNA called?
Double helix
True or False:
It's rare for animals to go extinct.
True
The smallest unit of life in creation.
Who was the Swedish botanist that came up with a simple, practical method of classification?
Carolus Linnaeus
The second criterion of life states that all living things use _________.
What is energy
What are the names of the 4 nucleotide bases?
Adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine
Some animals lay eggs, while others are born _______.
live
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
Which kingdom do mushrooms go?
kingdom Fungi
The third criterion of life states that all living things can ______ changes in their surroundings and ______ to those changes.
What is sense and respond
Which nucleotide bases like together?
Adenine and Thymine.
Guanine and Cytosine.
Why do sea turtles lay so many eggs, while elephants only have one calf?
The sea turtles lay lots of eggs because only a few will potentially survive due to the dangerous life for the young turtle.
Elephants only have one calf because they have a safer life and have a good chance of surviving and reproducing.
What is Classification?
Which Kingdom does algae fall into?
Kingdom Protista (since it is not a plant with specialized parts like roots, stems and leaves.)
The 4th criterion of life states that all living things are made up of _______.
what is cells
What nucleotide bases would be on the other half of this portion of DNA?
adenine, thymine, cytosine, adenine, guanine, cytosine
thymine, adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, guanine
What organism can split themselves in half and regenerate so it ends up with 2 complete organisms?
worms, flatworms
What is the cytoplasm?
a jellylike material that fills the cell
Which type of cells are the organisms in Kingdom Plantae and Kingdom Animalia made up of?
Eukaryotic cells
The fifth criterion states that all living things chemically regulate their internal environments so it is stable.
What does the sixth criterion state?
All living things grow.
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
What are the 3 types of cells found in creation?
animal, plant and bacterial
What is the difference between a Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell?
Prokaryotic cell has no distinct membrane-bound organelles
Eukaryotic cell has distinct membrane-bound organelles
List the order of taxonomy (from largest to smallest)
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.