Classification
Why do scientists classify? (give one reason)
To organize living things
To show relationships
True OR False:
Cells are the smallest living things.
True!
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Ask a question or name a problem
What do we call an organism that can make its own food?
A producer
What is the scientific name for babies?
Offspring
What is the "memory trick" for the levels of classification?
Did King Philip Come Over For Grape Soda?
What does a prokaryotic cell NOT have?
A nucleus; it DOES have DNA!
I want to measure the volume of my house key using graduated cylinders.
What math do I do to find out the volume?
Subtraction
Which way do the arrows in a food chain/food web point?
Toward the eater
How many capital letters does a dominant organism need to have? (alleles)
ONLY 1!
Which is larger, a phylum or a genus?
A phylum
Name an organism that is a EUKARYOTE.
protist, fungus, plant or animal
What words do I use to remember how to find the DEPENDENT variable?
Count OR measure
What is evapotranspiration?
Evaporation from plants
True OR False:
A recessive organism is homozygous.
True!
What 2 levels do scientists use for a scientific name?
Genus
Species
A molecule made by a cell needs to be sent somewhere else in your body.
Which organelle would send out this molecule?
The Golgi; packs & ships!!
How many trials should I complete to have a good experiment?
At least THREE!
Which organisms convert NITROGEN so that it can be used in the nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria!
Both parents are Tt. What percentage of their offspring will be dominant?
75%
WHY do scientists use those 2 names for the scientific name?
Those are the SMALLEST/most specific names
What THREE things do plant cells have that are different from animal cells?
A LARGE vacuole
chloroplasts
a cell wall
I want to know if using baking soda and vinegar will make my model volcano erupt.
What is my independent variable?
Baking soda and vinegar
Which relationship is this?
A clownfish (like Nemo) living in a sea anemone.
Mutualism
The clownfish gets a safe home in the sea anemone; the sea anemone gets food lured in by the brightly colored clownfish.
In pea plants, T is the allele for "Tall."
What is the phenotype of a Tt organism?
Tall