Organisms & Biological Classification
Of the 7 parts of the Classification Hierarchy, name 3 levels
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.
What is cell theory?
Cells are the basic building blocks of life, everything is made of cells.
The movement of substances across the cell membrane either into or out of a cell.
Cell division is also called
mitosis
Describe the visual differences between plant and animal cells
Plant cells are more of a rectangular shape with a cell wall, and animal cells look like an oval.
What makes a living thing? Name 3 traits of living things...
If it can consume, grow, move, breath, reproduce, etc
Describe the nucleus
The control center of the cell. It houses chromosomes.
Photosynthesis is the mechanism by which plants make _____
food / energy
The segments of DNA that code for specific traits are known as
genes
What is the main characteristic of invertebrates?
Animals that have no backbones.
How do we define a "species"
A group of living organisms that are able to exchange genes or interbreed
The organelles which release energy from food by carrying out a reaction with oxygen are called
Mitochondria
The process by which animal cells product food is called
Cellular respiration
What is a mutation?
"mistakes" in DNA replication that cause new previously unseen traits to emerge
A stand of hereditary information (DNA or RNA) enclosed in a protein coat is known as a ________
virus
The first word is the organisms genus and the second word is the species is the naming system known as
Binomial Nomenclature
Name 3 organelles
What does a Chloroplast do?
Chloroplast is a food production structure in plants that contain chlorophyll
What does the m in mRNA stand for?
messenger
Fungi are heterotrophs - true or false?
true
The difference between a autotroph and a heterotroph
A autograph is something that can feed itself and a heterotroph eats organisms for food like fungi and bacterias
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What is the main difference between active and passive cell transport?
Active requires energy, passive does not.
Mitosis is a from of asexual reproduction - true or false?
true
What do Eubacteria and Archaebacteria have in common?
They are both single-celled organisms