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Cb4- Keywords Flashcards

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1
Q

What is classification?

A

Classification is organising organisms according to their similarities and differences in their physical characteristics

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What are the 5 Kingdoms?

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Plants
Animals
Fungi
Protists 
Prokaryotes
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Prokaryotes

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Unicellular

No nucleus

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Plant cell

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Multicellular 
Has cell walls 
Has chlorophyll
Has a nucleus
Makes their own food
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Animal cell

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Multicellular
Has no cell walls
Has a nucleus 
Has no chlorophyll 
Feeds on other organisms
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Protoctist

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Unicellular

Has a nucleus

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Fungi

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Multicellular 
Has a cell wall
Has no chlorophyll 
Has a nucleus 
Feeds of dead organisms and decaying materials
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What is a vertebrate?

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An animal with a backbone

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What is an invertebrate?

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An animal without a backbone

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What 2 of the kingdoms are unicellular?

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Protoctist

Prokaryotes

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What 3 of the kingdoms are multicellular?

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Animals
Plants
And fungi

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12
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What is Dr King Philip Came Over For Good Soup

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order 
Family
Genus
Species
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what is natural selection?

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the process in which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring which increases the amount of organism better adapted in the environment.

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What is evolution?

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The process in which organisms change from one generation to another

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What is a plasmid?

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A circle of DNA from a bacterium

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What are restriction enzymes?

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Enzymes which act like scissors and cut DNA

17
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What are sticky ends?

A

Unpaired bases of DNA

18
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What is liagase?

A

An enzyme that acts like glue and sticks pieces of enzymes together

19
Q

What is yield?

A

Hoe much of something you get.

Eg; wool or milk

20
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What is genetic engineering?

A

The process in which scientists remove a gene from one organism and insert it into the DNA of another organism.

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