Biology

Question 1

Biotic vs Abiotic

Answer 1

Biotic factors include animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and protists. Some examples of abiotic factors are water, soil, air, sunlight, temperature, and minerals.

Question 2

How do we determine if something is really alive

Answer 2

they respire, move, respond to stimuli, reproduce and grow, and are dependent on their environment.

Question 3

What are the 6 different kingdoms?

Answer 3

Eubacteria, Archae, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia

Question 4

What is in the animal kingdoms

Answer 4

Vertebrates and invertebrates

Question 5

Name 5 vertebrates

Answer 5

FARMB - fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds

Question 6

Name 6 invertebrates

Answer 6

SCWEAM - sponges, cnidarians, worms, echinoderms, arthropods, mullusks

Question 7

What is a virus reproduction system?

Answer 7

AIPAR - attachment, injection, production, assembly, releave

Question 8

Why do we think viruses are non-living

Answer 8

We think that because viruses need a host cell to reproduce so they are non-living

Question 9

What are the 8 levels of classification

Answer 9

Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Question 10

What is Taxonomy

Answer 10

Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.

Question 11

What does biodiversity mean to YOU

Question 12

what are some things we can do to help biodiversity

Answer 12

Support the birds, reptiles, mammals, and plants that live around you, you can do this by planting milk weed, and other various plants for insects, and putting out bird feeders.

Reduce, reuse, recycle !

Question 13

What is an Ecosystem

Answer 13

An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life

Question 14

What is a Species

Answer 14

A species is a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another and create a fertile offspring

Question 15

What is Genetics

Answer 15

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms

Question 16

Who is the father of taxonomy?

Answer 16

Carl Linnaeus

Question 17

Explain why Diversity of Living Organisms is important

Answer 17

Biodiversity is essential for the processes that support life on Earth, Without it, we cannot have the healthy ecosystems that we rely on to provide us with the air we breathe and the food we eat.

Question 18

What is the Diversity of living Organisms?

Answer 18

Biodiversity, refers to all of the variety of life that exists on Earth. Biodiversity can be described and measured at three different levels: species, genetic, and ecosystem diversity.

Question 19

What are the 3 levels of biodiversity?

Answer 19

Ecosystem diversity, species diversity, and genetic diversity.

Question 20

What does Ecosystem diversity mean?

Answer 20

Ecosystem diversity is defined as a form of diversity/difference between ecosystems within a geographical location.

Question 21

What does Species Diversity mean?

Answer 21

Species diversity is defined as the number of different species present in an ecosystem and relative abundance for each of those species.

Question 22

What does Genetic Diversity mean?

Answer 22

Genetic diversity is the biological variation that occurs within species.

Question 23

What is Binomial Nomenclature?

Answer 23

Binomial Nomenclature consists of genus and species. For example, homo sapience. Homo is genus, sapien is species.

Question 24

What are the 8 levels of classification in order?

Answer 24

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

Question 25

What does Taxonomy mean?

Answer 25

It means the branch of science concerned with categorization, especially of organisms.

Question 26

Why are the kingdoms important?

Answer 26

It provides useful information about classification of organisms and the history of its evolution.

Question 27

What are arthropods?

Answer 27

one of the most abundant creatures on Earth, body covered in external skeleton called a cuticle - classify arthropods by their legs

Question 28

What are echinoderms?

Answer 28

Exclusively aquatic animal, body has calcareous plates that form a shell.

Question 29

name a example of mollusks

Answer 29

snails are an example of mollusks.