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51 Cards in this Set
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MRS C GREN: Why is the pneumonic MRS C GREN important when studying biology?
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Because you need to know what it stands for to be able to distinguish between living and non living things
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MRS C GREN: What words does MRS C GREN represent?
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Movement
Respiration Sensitivity Circulation Growth Reproduction Excretion Nutrition |
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MRS C GREN: What does the E in it stand for? What is this?
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The E stands for Excretion
It gets rid of waste products (Eg. Urine and CO2) |
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MRS C GREN: What does the first R stand for? What is this?
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Respiration
Turns food and oxygen into energy and CO2 |
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MRS C GREN: What does the M stand for? What is this?
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Movement
body parts move naturally |
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MRS C GREN: What does the S stand for? What is this?
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Sensitivity
Feels, smells, hears, tastes, sees or reacts to changes in its environment |
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MRS C GREN: What does C stand for? What is this?
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Circulation
Moves chemicals around its body (eg. blood in animals) |
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MRS C GREN: What does G stand for? What is this?
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Growth
Makes new cells to get a bigger and bigger body |
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MRS C GREN: What does N stand for? What is this?
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Nutrition
Eats and uses food to get energy |
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MRS C GREN: If an organism has 4 of these 8 criteria, is it still living?
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No. For an organism to be living, it has to possess all 8 of the criteria for a living creature
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KPCOFGS: Why is the Pneumonic KPCOFGS important?
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Because it represents the words that scientists use to group living organisms
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KPCOFGS: What does the Pneumonic KPCOFGS stand for? The silly way
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Kinky
Policemen Climb Over Fat Green Sausages |
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KPCOFGS: What does KPCOFGS stand for in scientific terms?
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Kingdom
Phyllum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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KPCOFGS: What does the F stand for?
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Family
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KPCOFGS: What does the C stand for?
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Class
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KPCOFGS: What does the S stand for?
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Species
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Scientists _________ ________ by using the Pneumonic _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Scientists group organisms by using the Pneumonic KPCOFGS
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Most individuals have 2 part names in Science. What are these 2 names?
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It is made up from the:
Genus Group (capital letter) Species Group (small letter) |
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What language are the names of individuals in?
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Latin
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Most living things can be classified as either: ___________ or ____________
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Most living things can be classified as either plant or animal
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What is the basic difference between plants and animals?
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How they feed.
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Plants are ______________ or ____________. They make their food from a _______ called _________
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Plants are self feeding or autrotrophic. They make their food from a process called photosynthesis
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Animals are _____________ because they __________ make their own food and must feed on other ____________
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Animals are heteotrophs because they cannot make their own food and must feed on other organisms
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If you look at the name Homo sapiens, which of those two names is the genus name?
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Homo
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What is a genus?
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A closely related group of species (Eg, jackals, dogs and wolves)
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What is the most basic group of organisms?
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Species
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What are related species put into?
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A genus
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What are similar genera put into?
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A family
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What are similar orders put into?
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A class
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What are similar classes put into?
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A phylum
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What are related phyla put into?
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A kingdom
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Why do you make a key?
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To classify something into groups
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How do you make a key?
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You ask questions that narrow down the groups and only apply to one of the group.
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How many types of adaptations are there? What are these?
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Structural Physiological Behavioural Life Cycle |
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What is structural adaptation?
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Is some part of an organism which helps it carry out one of the life functions
It is some part of the organism that helps it. eg. dogs have hair to keep them warm, this is a structural adaptation |
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What is a physiological adaptation?
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A chemical process inside organism which aids its survival
It involves a process inside the organism, it is to do with a body chemistry. A dog has powerful protein digesting enzymes to help it digest its food |
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What is a behavioural adaptation?
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Is some activity that an animal does which enables it (or its group)to survive better
eg. dogs hunt in packs so they are more effective hunters |
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What is a life cycle adaptation?
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One where the different stages of life help it to survive.
eg. dog has short puppy stage so they are able to feed for themselves faster |
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Niche
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Within a habitat, a special area with special conditions that supplies a species with factors necessary for its survival. A niche describes how members make a living. It also includes their adaptations (what special features they have to survive)
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Food chains: Energy always starts with a _______
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plant
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What are plants known as?
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Producers
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How does a producer make its own food?
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It makes its own food from using sunlight
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The animals that eat other organisms are called what?
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Consumers
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Consumers are always ___________
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consumers are always animals
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The first animal to eat the plant is called the ____________ ____________
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Primary consumer
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The second animal to get the energy from the plant is the ____________ ________
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Secondary consumer
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What are the three types of consumer?
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Herbivores - eat only plants
Omnivores - eat both plants and meat Carnivores - eat only meat |
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Who is the top predator?
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The animal at the top of the food chain.
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What is the third consumer called?
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Tertiary consumer
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After primary, secondary and tertiary consumers, how do you write the other ones?
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You put the number they are with a degrees symbol above them and then consumer after them
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Habitat
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the natural home or environment of an organism.
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