What is Life?
These are living things that cannot make their own food-- like humans!
What are heterotrophs?
The process of grouping things based on their similarities.
Classifying
The cellular makeup of bacteria.
Prokaryote
The process of change over time.
Evolution
How many bones in the adult human body?
206
Organisms composed of many cells.
The name given to the system of two-part scientific names given to organisms to identify them.
Binomial Nomenclature
Prokaryotes are multicellular oganisms whose cells lack a ____.
Nucleus
True or False: Species with different evolutionary histories are grouped more closely together.
False
What is a group of owls called?
A Parliament
Bacteria is an example of this kind of simple organism.
What is a unicellular organism?
The first word of an organism's scientific name.
Genus
A dense area in a cell that contains nucleic acids.
Nucleus
This kind of chart shows probable evolutionary relationships.
Branching tree diagram
What is a mix between a donkey and a horse called?
Mule
This type of reproduction involves only one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent.
What is Asexual reproduction?
The second word of an organism's scientific name.
Species
True or False: All three domains contain heterotrophic and autotrophic organisms.
True
A trait that the common ancestor of a group had.
Shared derived characteristic.
Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
William Shakespeare
The combination of chemicals through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials.
What is metabolism?
Name a reason binomial nomenclature might be helpful.
Animals might have different names in different parts of the world, and scientific names give them a common name for scientists to refer to.
All eukaryotes have cells that contain _______.
A shared derived characteristic of llamas and horses might be:
Fur, four legs, hooves, etc.
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue Whale
The process of going from a less complex organism to a more complex organism.
Development.
The most basic (largest) level of categorization.
Domain
Name the four kingdoms within the Domain Eukarya.
Plantae, Animalia, Protista, Fungi
The process by which unrelated organisms evolve characteristics that are similar.
Convergent evolution.
Who is on the $100 bill?
Benjamin Franklin
A bird flying away after it sees you walking towards it is an example of this.
What is stimulus and response?
The most specific (smallest) level of classification.
Species.
The thing that Archaea and Bacteria have in common; they are both _________.
Unicellular prokaryotes.
Name one example of convergent evolution.
Answers may vary-- different animals with four legs, wings, etc.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
This is the theory that living things can come from non-living things.
What is the theory of spontaneous generation?
The correct way to write a scientific name.
1. Italicize.
2. Capitalize the first letter of the first word.
3. Do NOT capitalize the first letter of the second word.
4. e.g., Yersinia pestis.
Ancient
Giraffes slowly getting a longer neck to reach the leaves at the tops of trees over many generations is an example of ________.
Evolution
What is the largest ocean on earth?
Pacific Ocean
The four things living things need to survive.
What are food, water, living space, and stable internal conditions?
List all the levels of classification from LARGEST to SMALLEST.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
The chemical instructions that direct a cell's activities.
Nucleic Acid
Natural Selection
Which famous band was John Lennon once a part of?
The Beatles
The six traits all living things share.
What are having a cellular organization, containing similar chemicals, using energy, responding to surroundings, growing and developing, and reproducing.
The scientist who developed binomial nomenclature in the 18th century.
Carolus Linnaeus
Organisms are classified into Domains and Kingdoms based on these three factors.
Cell type, ability to make food, and number of cells.
The scientist who developed the theory of evolution in the 19th century.
Charles Darwin
In what galaxy is our solar system located?
The Milky Way