Ch 5 The Diversity of Life Flashcards

1
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what is biodiversity

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the great variety of life

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2
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what is classification

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the system of grouping organisms together that share common characteristics

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3
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what are the five kingdoms

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animals, plants, protists, bacteria, fungi

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4
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what is stimuli

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all of the changes in an organisms environment

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5
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tell me about animals

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  • multicellular
  • consumers
  • invertebrates/vertebrates
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6
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what is the difference between invertebrates and vertebrates

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an invertebrate has no backbone and a vertebrate does

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7
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tell me about plants

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  • multicellular
  • producers
  • ## carbon sinks
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8
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tell me about protists and give an example

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  • first organisms to evolve a nucleus
  • mainly unicellular and live in colonies
  • mainly live in water
  • can be producers or consumers
    e. g. Amoeba proteus
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9
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tell me about fungi

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  • can be unicellular or made up of long threads
  • decomposes
  • cause fungal diseases e.g. athletes foot
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10
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what are microorganisms

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very small living things

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11
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where can bacteria be found

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geysers, salty rock pools, everywhere

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12
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what is binary fission

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binary fission is where one cell divides into two and then those cells divide and so on

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13
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what is culturing

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growing bacteria in a lab

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14
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tell me about bacteria

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  • decomposes
  • some can photosynthesis
  • reproduce through binary fission
  • unicellular
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15
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name five ways bacteria can be used

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food, vitamins, antibiotics, biotechnology, natural gas

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16
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what are the negative effects of bacteria

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food spoilage
livestock and crop diseases
human diseases

17
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what is an antibiotic

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a chemical produced by microorganisms that is used as a drug to treat certain diseases caused by bacteria and fungi

18
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What are three causes of antibiotic resistance

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  • use of antibiotics to treat viral infections
  • patients not completing full course of antibiotics
  • use of antibiotics in agriculture
19
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what can prevent antibiotic resistance

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  • not using antibiotics to treat viral infections
  • finish full course of antibiotics
  • regulation of antibiotics in farming
20
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what is a virus

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a virus is a protein coat surrounding genetic material

21
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what is a parasite

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an organism that lives off of other organisms

22
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give examples of five viruses

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chicken pox , cold, flu, ebola, corona

23
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what is a pathogen

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any organism that causes disease

24
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what is a vaccine

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a treatment that protects the body against disease

25
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what is vaccination i

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the process of providing vaccines on a large scale

26
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tell me about edward jenner

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he developed the worlds first vaccine. he realised that milkmaids who had cowpox couldn’t get smallpox so he infected people with the pus from cowpox patients and found that it stopped them from getting smallpox.

27
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tell me about louis pasteur

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he invented pasteurization f

28
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what is pasteurization

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a way to kill pathogens in substances to make them safe to consume