Branches of Biology
This field is the study of living things.
What is Biology?
This type of cell has no membrane-bound organelles.
What is a Prokaryotic cell?
This is the number of DNA molecules in a typical human cell.
What is 46?
This system organizes living things into groups.
What is classification?
This is the correct order of classification levels.
What is Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
This branch focuses specifically on animals.
What is Zoology?
This type of cell contains membrane-bound organelles.
What is a Eukaryotic cell?
DNA is shaped like this structure.
What is a double helix?
These are the three domains of life.
What are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya?
This is the genus shared by lions and tigers.
What is Panthera?
This branch studies plants.
What is Botany?
This organism breaks down dead material.
What is a decomposer?
These two components alternate in DNA’s backbone.
What are sugar and phosphate groups?
This domain includes organisms with kingdoms.
What is Domain Eukarya?
This is the scientific name for a lion.
What is Panthera leo?
This field studies organisms too small to be seen without a microscope.
What is Microbiology?
This term describes organizing and identifying living organisms.
What is classification?
These are the four nucleotide bases found in DNA.
What are adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine?
Kingdom Monera was split into these two domains.
What are Archaea and Bacteria?
This is the scientific name for a tiger.
What is Panthera tigris?
This field examines how organisms interact with each other and their environment.
What is Ecology?
This cell type does NOT have a nucleus and includes bacteria.
What is a prokaryotic cell?
This base pairs with guanine.
What is cytosine?
These bacteria can survive extreme conditions and resist antibiotics.
What are archaebacteria?
This naming system uses two parts: genus and species.
What is binomial nomenclature?
This branch studies the structure of organisms.
What is Anatomy?
This branch of science classifies organisms into groups.
What is Taxonomy?
This base pairs with thymine.
What is adenine?
This kingdom was added as a fifth kingdom.
What is Fungi?
This level of classification is the most specific.
What is species?
This branch studies how those structures function.
What is Physiology?
These are the six characteristics of life.
What are reproduction, energy use, response to environment, cells, regulation, and growth?
This structure carries genetic information in cells.
What is DNA?
This phrase helps remember classification order.
What is “King Philip’s Class Ordered Frozen Grape Soda”?
This level comes right before species.
What is genus?