Chapter 1: Characteristics Of Living Organisms Flashcards
What are characteristics of all organisms
Excretion and nutrition
The movement of gasses indicates the occurence of what process in cells
Excretion and respiration
What is meant by movement
The change of position or place of an organism
What is respiration
Chemicals that break down glucose in living cells to release energy
What is sensitivity
The ability to detect or sense stimuli and make a response
What is growth
A permenant increase in size and mass
What is reproduction
The process that makes more of the same kind of organism
What is excretion
The removal of toxic materials, waste products of metabolism and excesss substances
What is nutrition
Taking in nutrients containing the raw materials for growth and tissue repair
Binomial system genus and species
Genus with capital then species without capital
What is Dichotomus key
Used tomidentify living things
Name the five kingdoms
- Animals
- Plants
- Fungi
- Prokaryotes
- Protoctists
Main features of mammals
- fur/hair on skin
- have placenta
- young feed on milk from mammary glands
- extrernal ears ( pinna)
- endothermic
Main features of birds
- skin covered with feathers
- have wings
- lay eggs
- endothermic
Main features of reptiles
- dry scales on skin
- lay eggs with rubbery shell on land
