Living Things
This is any living thing.
What is an organism?
What is binomial nomenclature?
This is a tiny, nonliving particle that enters and then reproduces inside a living cell.
What is a virus?
Animals can be either __________ or ___________, meaning they either have a spine or not.
What is vertebrate and invertebrate?
Single celled organisms are called this.
What is unicellular?
The maintenance of stable internal conditions is called this. Without it, you would almost certainly die.
The broadest level of classification organization is the domain. There are three domains. Name them.
What are Eukarya, Archae and Bacteria?
These are the two ways bacteria can reproduce.
What is binary fission and conjugation?
Some invertebrates do not have skeletons inside their bodies. Their protection is outside of their body. This is called what?
What is an external skeleton?
These are single celled organisms, also called prokaryotes.
What is bacteria?
All living things need these three things.
What are: Water, food and shelter (space)?
The scientific study of how organisms are classified is called this.
What is taxonomy?
A cell invaded by a virus becomes a kind of zombie. What are the steps for the viruses takeover?
What is: Inject genetic material into the host cell; have the cell make copies of the virus; the cell bursts, releasing many new copies of the virus.
There are this many types of vertebrates. Name them.
What is 5 - amphibians, fish, reptiles, mammals and birds?
If something can work against or hold of an opposing force, it is called this.
What is resistant?
This Italian scientist disproved the theory of spontaneous generation. But it wasn't until 200 years later that this French chemist convinced the scientific community that spontaneous generation was really a myth.
Who are Francesco Redi and Louis Pasteur?
Biologist Carolus Linnaeus arranged groups based on their observable features. He gave organisms a two-word scientific name. What are those two words used for classification?
What are genus and species?
What is a bacteriophage?
Vascular plants have this that help transport materials throughout the plant.
What is vascular tissue?
These are eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as animals, plants or fungi.
What are protists?
These are the characteristics of all living things.
What is:
1. Made of cells
2. Contain chemicals and use energy
3. Grow, develop and reproduce
4. Respond to their surroundings
Name the eight levels of classification from top to bottom.
What is: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
Most harmful protists are parasites, organisms that benefit from living with, on, or in a host. For example, this parasitic protist travels with a mosquito. When the mosquito carrying the protist bites a human, the protist infects the red blood cells, causing malaria.
What is Plasmodium?
Name the three types of mammals.
What is placentals, marsupials and monotremes?
Any change or signal in an environment that can make an organism react in some way is called this.
What is stimulus (stimuli)?