Chap 1 classification

Question 1

organism-

Answer 1

a complete living thing

Question 2

what are the 7 common characteristics all living things share?

Answer 2

Movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, and nutrition

Question 3

movement-

Answer 3

the ability to change your position or place

Question 4

respiration-

Answer 4

breaking down glucose/other substances in their cells, using the energy released for metabolic reactions

Question 5

sensitivity-

Answer 5

able to detect and respond to internal/external changes in the environment

Question 6

Growth-

Answer 6

A permanent increase in size
Growth can be measured through dry mass

Question 7

Reproduction-

Answer 7

Able to make new organisms of the same species that are fertile

Question 8

excretion-

Answer 8

removal of any substances produced through metabolic reactions or that the organism has excess of

Question 9

nutrition-

Answer 9

utilising substances of the organisims environment for energy, growth, and development.

Question 10

metabolism-

Answer 10

the chemical reactions that take place in living organisims

Question 11

Ways we classify organisms:

Answer 11

shared features
consider if they have a common ancestor

Question 12

species-

Answer 12

the smallest group biologists classify living things into. Reproduction must be able to happen within a species

Question 13

genus (plural genera)-

Answer 13

species that are closely related

Question 14

structure of a binomial:

Answer 14

(1) Genus (capital) (2) species

Question 15

all the kingdoms?

Answer 15

animal, plant, fungus, prokaryote, protoctist