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List the categories of classification in orger |
Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, and domain |
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List the different domains |
Bacteria, archaea and eukarya |
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What is the difference between bacteria and archaea? |
Archaea live in environments that lack oxygen, or are too salty, hoy, or acidic for other organisms. Differ in cell wall composition and RNA polymerases |
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What are the four kingdoms for Eukarya |
Protista, Fungi, Plants, Animals |
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What six elements make up 98% of organisms |
Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous and Sulfur |
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From smallest to largest what is the organization of life |
Atom, Molecule, Organelle, Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere |
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What are emergent properties? |
Complex functions that arise from physical and chemical interactions among a systems components. |
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What are the three categories of organisms in an ecosystem? |
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers |
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What are the two forms of reproduction |
asexual and sexual |
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Define Adaptation |
An inherited characteristic or behavior that enables an organism to survive and reproduce successfully in its environment. |
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Define Taxonomy |
the biological science of naming and classifying organisms |
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What is the primary factor for classifying an organism as Domain Eukarya? |
Cells contain nuclei |
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What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable? |
Independent variable is the value being manipulated, the dependent variables are any response that depend on the value of the independent variable. |
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What is the chemical equation to produce glucose |
6CO2 +6 H20 => C6H12O6 + 6O2 |
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What is a standardize variable |
Variables that are held constant for all subjects in an experiment. |
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What is the difference between theory and fact. |
Fact is a repeatable observation that is universally accepted, theory is a testable explanation behind the forces that causes the observation. |
