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Characteristics of life?
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cellular organization, similar chemicals, use energy, respond to surroundings, grow and develop, reproduce
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What is the basic unit of structure and function in an organism?
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The cell
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What does unicellular mean and what is an example of one?
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Single celled. Example is bacteria
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What does multi cellular mean and give an example?
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Composed of many cells. Example : you!
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What is the most abundant chemical in cells?
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Water
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What is the cells main energy source?
water or carbohydrates or proteins and lipids, or nucleic acids |
Carbohydrates
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What are the cells building blocks?
water or carbohydrates or proteins and lipids, or nucleic acids |
Proteins and lipids
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What substance instructs the cells activities?
water or carbohydrates or proteins and lipids, or nucleic acids |
Nucleic Acids
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True or false?
Cells use energy to grow and repair injured parts |
True
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A change in the environment which causes an organism to react(like a plant bending toward the sun) is called: stimulus or response?
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Stimulus
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If you jump after being scared is your reaction a stimulus or a response?
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Response
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If a plant bends toward the sunlight is it an example of stimulus or response?
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Response
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The process of becoming larger is called:
growth or development |
GROWTH is the process of becoming larger
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The process of change that occurs to produce a more complex organism id called:
growth or development |
DEVELOPMENT is the process of change
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Organisms use __________ to create new cells.
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ENERGY
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Reproduction is the ability to produce offspring that are:
A.alive B. blue C. similar to their parents? |
C. similar to their parents
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What is spontaneous generation?
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The belief that living things can come from non-living things.
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Can living things come from non-living things?
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No
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What is a controlled experiment?
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Everything is the same except for one variable. The manipulated variable.
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What did Redi's experiment prove?
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There is no such thing as spontaneous generation
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What did Pasteur prove?
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There is no such thing as spontaneous generation
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What are the 4 basic needs of all living things?
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1. food, 2. water, 3. living space, 4. stable internal conditions
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Can living things come from non-living things?
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No
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What is a controlled experiment?
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Everything is the same except for one variable. The manipulated variable.
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What did Redi's experiment prove?
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There is no such thing as spontaneous generation
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What did Pasteur prove?
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There is no such thing as spontaneous generation
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What are the 4 basic needs of all living things?
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1. food, 2. water, 3. living space, 4. stable internal conditions
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What do organisms use as their energy source?
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Food
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Organisms that make their own food are called autotrophs or heterotrophs?
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AUTOTROPHS
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Organisms that feed on autotrophs or heterotropphs are called
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HETEROTROPHS
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Both heterotrophs and autotrophs ultimately depend on the ______ for their energy
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SUN
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All living things need ______to survive.
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WATER
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Organisms need water to :A obtain chemicals from their surroundings B. Break down food C. Move substances in their bodies, D Reproduce E. All of the above
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E. All of the above
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Water makes up ____% of the liquid part of your blood.
A. 50% B. 90% c. 80% |
B. 90% of your blood is water
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True or False?
All living things need a place to get food, water and shelter |
True all animals require
LIVING SPACE |
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The process of keeping the inside of your body at a constant temperature is called_______________
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HOMEOSTASIS
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True or False?
Homeostasis is the process by which your body maintains stable internal conditions |
TRUE
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Scientists have identified over:
A. 1,000,000 B. 100,000 C. 1,000,000,000 organisms on Earth |
A. One million
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The process of grouping things based on their similarities is called
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CLASSIFICATION
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True or False:
Biologists use classification to organize so things are easier to study. |
TRUE
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The study of HOW living things are classified is called:
A. Taxonomy B. Classification C. Katie |
A. Taxonomy
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Who was Carolus Linnaeus?
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He created the system of naming organisms
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Linnaeus' system of naming organisms is called:
A. monomial nomenclature or B. Binomial nomenclature |
B. Binomial nomenclature
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Binomial means?
A. Katie B. 2 names C. five names |
B. Bi means 2
Nomenclature means names |
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The forst word of the binomila nomenclature is : A. Genus or
B. Species |
A. Genus
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T or F?
Genus includes similar closely related organisms |
True
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What name indicates a distinctive feature of an organism?
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The second word in the binomial nomenclature
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Together the binomial name indicates a specific ____________
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SPECIES
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A group of similar organisms that can mate with other and have offspring who can also mate and reproduce is called a ________________
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SPECIES
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Which is the correct representation of a scientific name?
A. felis concolor B Felis conclor(in italics) C. Felis Concolor |
B. Capitalize only first word and italicize
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Scientific names use the _______language.
A. English B. Latin C. Greek |
B. Latin
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The highest level of organization is called:
A. Domain B. Species C. Order |
A. Domain
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Which is a broader classification level a kingdom or family?
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A KINGdom
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A _________ uses series of paired statements that describe the physical characteristics of different organisms.
A. Field guide B. Taxonomic key |
B. Taxonomic key are used to determine the identity of organisms. (Field guides use pictures)
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What was Charles Darwin famous for?
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Theory of Evolution
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The process by which species change over a long period of time is called:
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EVOLUTION
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T or F
If two species share a common ancestor they share an evolutionary history |
TRUE
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Hoe do scientists today determine the evolutionary history of a species?
A Their structure B. The chemical makeup of their cells |
B. The chemicals that are in their cells
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Today a _______domain system of classification is used.
a 3 b. 4 C 5 |
A. Three domain system which includes
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya |
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Organisms are placed into domains and kingdoms based on what 3 factors?
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1. Cell type
2. Their ability to make food 3. the Number of cells in their bodies |
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What are prokaryotes?
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Cells lack a nucleus
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What is a Nucleus?
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Dense area in a cell that contains nucleic acids that direct the cells activities
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T or F ?
All bacteria are autotrophs |
FALSE some are auto some are hetero
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Are all bacteria harmful?
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No some are very helpful.
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Which domain lives in an environment similar to ancient earth?
A. Bacteria B. Archaea C. Eukarya |
Archae live in extreme environments
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Which two domains are unicellular prokaryotes?
A. Bacteria B. Archaea C. Eukarya |
Bacteria and Archaea
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Bacteria and archaea differ in what 2 ways? :
a. Cell number b. cell structure c. chemical makeup of cells |
Structure and chemical makeup
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The domain with cells that contain nuclei
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Eukarya tah dah! th eone i got right!
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What are the 4 kingdoms of the domain Eukarya?
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Protists, fungi, plants, animals!!! yea!
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Wich one is called the odds and ends kingdom
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Protists!!!! @(^o^)@
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ARE ALL PROTISTS AUTOTROPHS?????????????
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HECK NOOO!
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Are all protists unicellular
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UHHH......NOOOO!
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True or False, Most Fungi are multicellular Eukaryaots
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TRUE!! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEEE!
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True or False All fungi are heteratrophs
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TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How does fungi feed???
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It obsorbs nutrients from dead or dekaying organisms.
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True or falsse plants are all unicellular
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AHHH.....FALSE!!!
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True or false plants are not eukatyoats!
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FALSE!
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true or false all plants live in water!
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FALSE!
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Do all plants live on land, true or flase
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FALSE!MUAHAHAHAHAAA!
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True or false all plants are heterotrophs
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AHHHHHHHHHHHH ...........FALSE
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True or False Katie is the awesomest person in the world!!!?
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UH TRUE DUHHHHHHH!
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True or False, all animals are multicellular eukaryoats, and heterotrophs
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boring.....True....yay....
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Which 2 kingdoms cotain only heterotrphs?//
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ANIMALS, FUNGI! wooohooo!
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What were the gasses on anceint Earth!!!
Choices... A. Nitrogen B. Oxygen C. Waterfapor D. Corbondioxcide E. Methane F. Helium you have to choose 4 answers!!! hahahaaaa! |
And the winners are.....Nitrogen, water vapor, carbon dioxcide, and methane!
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What are the major gasses in todays atmosphere???hugh?
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NItrogen, and oxygen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What are the three things we asumed in early life forms
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#1 did not need oxygen....haha....
#2 unicellular #3 Probably lived in the oceans |
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Does life come from nonlife?
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Mabye.....we no know!
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What are Miller and Urey,, famous 4?
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They proved that life may have started form the combination of electricity AND Earths early environment
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what is a fossil
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a trace of an ancient organism perserved in rock or other substense
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Where the first organisms heterotrophs, or autotrophs
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heterotrophs
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Where did todays oxygen come from
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ancient autotrophs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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