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Name the 2 types of microscopes
Light
Electron
What year was bacteria discovered by Leeuwenhook?
1675
Robert Hooke first used the term cell in which year
1665
In 1933 Ernst Ruska builds the first _________ microscope
electron
Define organelle
little organs with in a cell that have a purpose
What does the cell membrane do?
encloses the cytoplasm and gives a cell its shape
What does the nucleus do?
Control centre for the cell
What is the purpose of the cytoplasm?
Jelly like substance within the cell that contains glucose which is needed for chemical reactions to occur.
Name 3 organelles that a plant cell has that an animal cell does not.
Cell Wall
Chloroplast
Vacuole
Cells belonging to the protista kingdom have a ____________
nucleus
Monera do not have a _____________
nucleus
Give an example of an organism from the protista kingdom
Ameoba
The outer most layer of the earth
crust
The part of the earth that lies underneath the crust.
mantle
The part of the earth that is made up of molten iron and nickel
outer core
Solid layer of nickel and iron that has temperatures over 7000 degrees celsius.
inner core
Name the terrestrial planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Name the gas giants
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Who am I?
One day on me is 59 days long.
One year is 88 days long.
I have no moons.
Mercury
Who am I?
One day is 243 earth days long.
One year is 225 earth days.
Temperature is 450 degrees celsius
I have no moons
venus
How many satellites does Mars have?
2
The great red spot on jupiter is actually a _____________
Hurricane
What are the rings around saturn made up of?
Ice covered rock which orbit the planet.
Why does Uranus appear blue?
Due to the methane gas in the atmosphere.
Who am I?
I have 13 satellites
My surface temperature is -220 degrees celsius
Neptune
Who am I?
I am made up of mainly hydrogen.
I am a star.
Sun
The earth is on a tilt of how many degrees?
23.5
the 7 characteristics of a living thing are:
Moves
Responds
Respire
Assimilate
excrete
reproduce
grow
What is a dichotomous key
A key used to classify things where there are only 2 choices
Name the 5 kingdoms
Monera
Protista
Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
What is the difference between fungi and plantae?
Plantae can make its own food as it has chlorophyll.
If 2 animals of the same species have the same _______ they can reproduce but will create infertile offspring
genus
define exoskeleton.
Give 1 example
skeleton on the outside of the body
crab
What type of animal am I?
I am in an invertebrate.
I have joints in my leg.
Ant
Arthropod
What type of animal am I?
I am in an invertebrate.
I have no legs.
I have a shell
Snail
Molluscs
An example of an echinoderm
sea urchin
An example of an cnidarian
jellyfish
An example of an annelid
earthworm
An example of a porifera
sea sponge
Characteristics of a fish
body temp. not constant
has gills
An example of a reptile
lizard
an example of an amphibian
frog
3 types of Australian mammals
Placentae
monotreme
marsupial