What Are Living Things?
True or False
Ling things are made of cells.
True
List the seven main classification groups.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What is something that plants, fungi, and protists all have in common?
They are all living things.
How are bacteria classified?
They are classified by shape
What is a group of organisms that reproduce more of their own kind called?
species
How do plants obtain energy?
Plants capture the sun's energy and convert it to food.
Who first came up with a system of classification?
Carl Linnaeus
What term is used instead of Phylum for plants?
Division
How are archaea classified?
They are classified by where they are found.
A tree growing in the forest is most likely:
a. nonvascular
b. unicellullar
c. vascular
d. phylum
vascular
What are the five criteria for something to be considered a living thing?
made of cells
obtain and use energy
reproduce
grow and develop
respond to the environment
What were the three kingdoms that Carl Linnaeus first came up with?
What is one function of fungi?
break down dead organisms
cause disease
etc.
How does a virus reproduce?
Viruses attach to a host cell and take over.
What are the six (6) kingdoms?
Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists, Bacteria, Archaea
What is one reason a virus not a living thing?
not made of cells
do not have an energy source
Which have more in common: organisms from the same family or organisms from the same order? Why?
Family because it has less total organisms.
What is the difference between animal-like and plantlike protists?
animal-like protists obtain food from their environment.
plantlike protists make their own food.
Archaea can live in extreme environments.
What is mostly included in the protists Kingdom?
unicellular microbes, or microscopic organisms
some multicellular organisms
Give an example of how a plant responds to its environment.
turn toward the sun
etc.
What does Canis Lupus stand for in the classification of organisms?
domestic dogs
Canis is the Genus
Lupus is the Species
What is a vascular plant?
Name a virus.
influenza (flu)
COVID-19
MRSA
SARS
Name one way that fungi can help humans.
One species of fungus makes penicillin, an antibiotic that can save lives by killing many types of bacteria.