Characteristics Of Living Things Vocabulary

Front 1

Is the following sentence true or false? Scientists think that the first life forms on Earth probably did arise from nonliving materials.

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True

Front 2

What materials did Miller and Urey use to recreate the conditions of early Earth in their lab?

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Water to represent the oceans
Gasses to represent the atmosphere
Electricity to represent the lightning

Front 3

What were the results of Urey and Miller's experiment?

Back 3

The first living thing did come from nonliving things.

Front 4

Name two ways to learn the identity of an organism.

Back 4

1. Taxonomic Key
2. Field Guide

Front 5

Is the following sentence true or false? A taxonomic key is a book with illustrations that highlight the differences between organisms that look similar.

Back 5

False, a field guide is a book with illustrations that highlight the differences between organisms that look similar.

Front 6

List the eight levels of classification used by modern biologists in order from the broadest level to the most specific level.

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Front 7

Is the following sentence true or false? The more classification levels that two organisms share, the more characteristics they have in common.

Back 7

True

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The process of grouping things based on their similarities is

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Classification

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The scientific study of how living things are classified is called

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Taxonomy

Front 10

Is the following sentence true or false? Once and organism is classified, a scientist knows alot about that organism.

Back 10

True

Front 11

Is the following sentence true or false? Linnaeus placed organisms into groups based on their features that he could observe.

Back 11

True

Front 12

In Linnaeus's naming system, called ________________ each organism is given a two part name.

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Binomial Nomenclature

Front 13

Is the following sentence true or flase? A species is a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.

Back 13

True

Front 14

Felis concolor is the scientific name for mountain lions. To which genus do mountain loins belong?

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Felis

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Felis concolor is the scientific name for mountain lions. To which species do mountain loins belong?

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concolor

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Unicellular

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One cell

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Multi cellular

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more than one cell

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The 7 Life Processes

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1.getting energy 2. reproducing 3. using energy 4. getting rid of waste 5. growth and development 6. movement 7. response to stimulus

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What did Redi and Pasteur want to prove doing their experiment?

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They wanted to prove that living things don’t come from nonliving things (spontaneous generation was false)

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What was Redi and Pasteur’s outcome?

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Living things don’t come from non living things

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What did Redi and Pasteur want to prove doing their experiment?

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They wanted to prove that living things don’t come from nonliving things (spontaneous generation was false)

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What did Redi do for his experiment?

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He had two jars one with meat that is uncovered and one with meat that is covered and wanted to see if flies formed on both.

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What did Pasteur do for his experiment?

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He took two flasks one with boiled broth and the other with not boiled broth. to see if bacteria grew on both

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What do living things need to live?

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water, food, shelter, and a stable environment

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Classification

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The process of grouping organisms by their similarities

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Taxonomy

Back 26

the study of classifying organisms

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Binomial nomenclature

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The naming system where organisms have two names (genus and species)

Front 28

What sentence can help you remember the order of the levels of classification?

Back 28

Did King Philip Come Over From Greek Shores?

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Taxonomic Key

Back 29

a series of paired statements that describe the physical characteristics of an organism

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Field Guide

Back 30

a book of pictures that help scientists identify an organism

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What are the 3 domains of life?

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Bacteria

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Domain containing single celled organisms with no nucleus

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Bacteria and Archaea

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Prokaryote

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Single celled with no nucleus

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The only difference between Bacteria and Archaea are

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the chemicals that make them up.

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Eukarya

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Can be unicellular or multi cellular MUST have a nucleus

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Ekaryote

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organism who’s cells have a nucleus

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The early atmosphere consisted of

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nitrogen

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Today our atmosphere is made of mostly

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oxygen and nitrogen.

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Why did Urey and Miller do their experiment?

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To prove that the first living things did come from nonliving things

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What did Urey and Miller prove?

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That after a week the mixture darkened because of the precence of chemical units that make up cells. They predicted the over millions of years these chemicals became the first cell.