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Chapter 1 - Living Things Flashcards

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1
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What is movement?

A

when and body part moves

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What is respiration?

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When oxygen is carried to tissues and cells

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3
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What is sensitivity

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When an organism reacts to stimuli

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What is growth

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When an organism gets bigger

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What it reproduction

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When new individuals are generated

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What is excretion

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To separate or eliminate any substance or chemical waste from an organic body

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What is nutrition

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The process by which organisms take in and use food material

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What are two types of respiration?

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Aerobic and anaerobic

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What is aerobic respiration

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Respiration using oxygen

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What is anaerobic respiration

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Respiration without oxygen

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11
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What are the 5 kingdoms

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MONERA
PROTISTS
FUNGI
ANIMALS
PLANTS
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2 examples of monera

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E Coli

TB

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2 examples of protists

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Amoeba

Diatom

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14
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2 examples of fungi

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Yeast
Mushrooms
Mold

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2 examples of plants

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Sunflower
Rose
Daisy
Grass
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2 examples of animals

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Dog
Horse
Cat
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17
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Characteristics of Monera

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  • 1 cell
  • no nucleus
  • some move
  • autrophic
  • heterotrophic
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Characteristics of protists

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  • 1 cell
  • no nucleus
  • some move
  • autotrophic
  • heterotrophic
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Characteristics of fungi

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  • multicellular
  • have nuclei
  • don’t move
  • heterotrophic
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Characteristics of a plant

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  • multicellular
  • have nuclei
  • don’t move
  • autrophic
21
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Characteristics of animals

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  • multicellular
  • have nuclei
  • do move
  • heterotrophic
22
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What is the difference between a eukaryote and a prokaryote?

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A eukaryote has a nucleus and a prokaryote doesn’t

23
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Define autrophic

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An organism that makes its own energy

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Define heterotrophic

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An organism that consumes energy from producers

25
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Food chain?

A

Diagram that shows the flow if energy between different ecosystems.
E.g.
Grass -> sheep -> humans

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Food web?

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Shows what animal eats another animal or producer

27
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Producer?

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Usually green plants, can convert light energy to chemical energy of food compounds

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Consumer?

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Animals that obtain food energy from other animals

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Decomposers?

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Fungis and bacterias that get their energy and raw materials from other organisms waste and chemical remains. Eg dead bodies

30
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Trophic level?

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Position of an organism in a food chain, food web or biomass,numbers or energy

31
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What are the 7 characteristics of a living organism?

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Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity

Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition

32
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What is the equation for aerobic respiration?

A

Glucose + Oxygen -> Carbon Dioxide + Water

33
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What is the equation for anaerobic respiration?

A

Glucose -> Ethanol + Carbon Dioxide

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