Characteristics of Living Things
stable internal conditions
What is homeostasis?
Francesco Redi's experiment on spontaneous generation
What is meat and maggots in glass?
The number of levels of classification
What is 7?
The largest kingdom
What is Animal?
the genetic material all living things contain
What is DNA?
what Urey and Miller were trying to mimic in their experiment
What is Earth's early atmosphere
the process of grouping things based on similarities
The kingdom including only autotrophs
What is the Plant Kingdom?
the ability of an organism to increase in size and complexity
What is growth and development?
The remains of organisms preserved in rock or other substances
What is a fossil?
The most specific level of classification
What is species?
Organisms with cells that DO contain a nucleus
What is a Eukaryote?
the ability to convert nutrients into energy for fuel
What is metabolism?
Louis Pasteur's experiment on this organism showed that living things reproduced from other living things
What is bacteria?
the naming system that gives each organism a 2-part name
Example of an organism in the Fungi kingdom
a change in environment that triggers an organism to respond
What is a stimulus?
The first person to classify animals into 3 groups
Who is Aristotle?
Scientific name for Grizzly Bear
What is Ursus horribilis?
The two kingdoms that fall into the same category based on being unicellular and not having a nucleus
What is Archaebacteria and Eubacteria?