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What are the six Characteristics of Living Things |
Organized, Acquire Materials and Energy, Maintain internal environment, They respond,
Reproduce and develop, Have Adaptations |
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Define Taxonomy |
Discipline of identifying and naming organisms according to rules |
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Define systematics |
Classifying organisms according to their presumed evolutionary relationships |
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What is meant by hierarchy in relation to systematics |
A hierarchy is more and more specified groups (domain---> kingdom ----> phylum, etc.) |
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Know the taxonomic categories (Domain, Kingdom, etc.) and their sequence. |
1.Domain 2. Kingdom 3. Phylum 4. Class 5.Order 6. Family 7. Genus 8. Species |
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What is a binomial name? |
two part scientific name |
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Why are Latin or Greek words used? |
It was a universal language not too long ago was well known by most scholars. Therefore, scientist use Latin or Greek |
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What is the diffrence between a prokaryote and a eukaryote? |
Prokaryotic are unicellular organisms lacking a membrane where as Eukaryotic are multi cellular organisms containing a membrane bond nucleus. |
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What are the three domains of life |
1. Bacteria 2. Archaea 3. Eukarya |
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What are the kingdoms of Life |
1. Protista 2. Fungi 3. Plantae 4. Animalia |
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What factors control the nature of ecosytems |
Chemical cycling and energy flow are characteristics of ecosystems |
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What is a biome |
large areas of similar ecosystems |
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Does science prove things |
Science NEVER proves things Designed to disprove things |
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Deifne Matter |
anything that has mass and takes up space; made up of elements |
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Defien elements |
made up of atoms and cannot be broken down into any other substances by ordinary chemical means |
