Biology Flashcards
What is classification?
Classification is the process of arranging living, non-living, and dead organisms into groups based on similar characteristics.
How do you name things in Binominal Nomenclature?
Using genus and species.
What is the study of classification?
Taxonomy
What are the 5 kingdoms of classification?
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
What are the levels of classification?
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
What is a food chain?
The flow of energy in an ecosystem.
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) organisms.
What is a trophic level?
The position of an organism in a food chain.
What is a producer?
An organism that creates food or energy itself.
What is a consumer?
An organism that cannot create food or energy by itself, so it resorts to eating producers and other consumers to satiate itself.
What is the order of a food chain?
Quaternary Consumer
Tertiary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Primary Consumer
Producer
What is MRS GREN?
An acronym that determines if an organism is living, non-living, or dead.
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition
What is the scientific name for humans?
Homosapien
What is a terrestrial ecosystem?
A land based ecosystem.
What is an aquatic ecosystem?
A water based ecosystem.
What is an apex predator?
The organism at the top of the food chain.
What is prey?
The organisms below the apex predator that can be hunted/killed.
What is quantitative data?
Data relying on numbers and exact statistics.
What is qualitative data?
Data relying on observations and physical characteristics.
What is a biome?
An area classified according to the species that live in that location.
