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Characteristics of Life, The Cell, & Classifying Organisms Flashcards

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What is the scientific study of life?

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Biology

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What are the characteristics of life?

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Cells. DNA. Response to the environment. Nutrition. Metabolism. Growth. Reproduction.

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What are all living things made of?

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Cells

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What contains molecules of DNA?

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Cells

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Cells contain molecules of what?

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DNA

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What characterizes all living things sense their environment and respond accordingly?

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Response to the environment

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What characteristic is it where organisms take in nutrition, digest it, absorb what is needed and eliminate the waste?

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Nutrition

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What is life’s vital processes?

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Metabolism

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What is the chemical reaction that keeps all animals alive?

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metabolism

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10
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What characteristic starts all organisms as a single cell?

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Growth

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What is the passing of genes from parent to offspring?

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Reproduction

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12
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What is unicellular?

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Single-celled

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13
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What is single-celled?

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Unicellular organisms

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14
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What organisms are microscopic?

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unicellular organisms

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15
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All of life’s processes must be accomplished by….

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one cell

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16
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What are multicellular organisms?

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made of many cells

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17
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What are made of many cells?

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multicellular organisms

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What type of organisms are large enough to see without a microscope?

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multicellular organisms

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19
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which individual cells can specialize in various processes?

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Multicellular organisms

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20
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What is the function of DNA?

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store information that cells use to build protein

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What stores information that cells use to build proteins which result in structures and characteristics that are unique to each individual and each species?

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DNA

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What is a gene?

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information in DNA that is divided into sections

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What is the information in DNA that is divided into sections?

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Gene

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What stores information for one protein?

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one gene

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25
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What is gene mutation?

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When the information in a gene becomes altered.

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What may result in a new/different protein and thus, a new/different characteristic?

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A gene mutation

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What determines if a gene is good or bad and which to keep in population and which to discard?

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Natural Selection

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28
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With the beneficial mutations accumulating in a population and the population adapting is how what works?

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evolution

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29
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What do autotrophs do?

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manufacture their own food

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30
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What manufactures their own food?

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Autotrophs

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31
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What are heterotrophs?

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Organisms that get their food/nutrition from other sources

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32
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Give me an example of autotrophs?

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Plants

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33
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Give me an example of Heterotrophs?

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Animals

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34
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What’s life’s vital processes?

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metabolism

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35
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What’s the chemical reaction that keeps an organism alive?

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metabolism

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36
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What involves photosynthesis and respiration?

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metabolism

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37
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What is the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into organic compound(food) and oxygen?

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Photosynthesis

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38
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Plants, algae and some bacteria are able to do what?

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Photosynthesis

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39
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What type of organisms can photosynthesize?

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Autotrophic organism

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40
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What is the chemical equation of photosynthesis?

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CO2 + H2O -> CHO(food) + O2

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41
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CO2 + H2O -> CHO(food) + O2 is which chemical reaction?

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Photosynthesis

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42
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What is needed to drive photosynthesis/

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Sun energy

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43
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What is respiration?

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Conversion of organic compounds(food) into energy

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44
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What is the conversion of organic compounds(food) into energy?

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Respiration

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45
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What do plants, algae, some bacteria and animals do in metabolism?

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Respiration

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46
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What kind of organism are in respiration?

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Autotrophic and Heterotrophic organisms

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47
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What is the chemical equation of respiration?

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CHO(food) + O2 -> CO2 + H2O + energy

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48
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What equation is CHO(food) + O2 -> CO2 + H2O + energy?

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Respiration

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49
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What needs food and oxygen as a starting product?

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respiration

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50
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What needs to get energy out as end product?

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respiration

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51
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Carbon dioxide and water are end products of what?

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respiration

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52
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What is asexual reproduction?

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Involving one parent

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53
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What reproduction is where offspring are genetic clones because all genes come from that one parents?

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Asexual reproduction

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54
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What is sexual reproduction?

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Involving two parents

55
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What reproduction has a mixture of two parents?

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Sexual reproduction

56
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What is a Gamete?

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A special reproductive cell

57
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what is a special reproductive cell?

58
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What is a sperm?

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contains a copy of all the male’s genes

59
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What contains a copy of all the male’s genes?

60
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What is an egg?

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contains a copy of all the female genes?

61
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What contains a copy of all the female genes?

62
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What is a zygote?

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An egg that has been fertilized

63
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What is an egg that has been fertilized?

64
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What is external fertilization?

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Takes place outside the body, like frogs

65
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What is internal fertilization?

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takes place inside the body

66
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What is cell theory part 1?

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All living things are made of one or more cells.

67
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what is cell theory part 2?

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All cells come from pre-existing living cells

68
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What are the levels of biological organization?

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Cells. Tissue. Organs. Organ systems.

69
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In levels of biological organization cells are what?

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Cells combine to make tissue

70
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In levels of biological organization what are tissue?

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Tissue combine to make organs

71
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In levels of biological organization what are organs?

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Organs combine to make organ systems

72
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In levels of biological organization what are organ systems?

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Organ systems combine to make organisms.

73
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What combines to make tissue?

74
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What combines to make organs?

75
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What combines to make organ systems?

76
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What combines to make organisms?

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Organ systems

77
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What type of cell is smaller?

A

Prokaryotic

78
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What type of cell is less complex?

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Prokaryotic

79
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What cell has no nucleus?

A

Prokaryotic

80
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Bacteria is what kind of cell?

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Prokaryotic

81
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What type of cell is larger?

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Eukaryotic

82
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What kind of cell is more complex?

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Eukaryotic

83
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What kind of cell has a nucleus?

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Eukaryotic

84
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What kind of cells are plants and animals?

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Eukaryotic

85
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What is taxonomy?

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science of identifying, classifying and naming organisms

86
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What is science of identifying, classifying and naming organisms?

87
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What are the taxonomic categories?

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Domain. Kingdom. Phylum. Class. Order. Family. Genus. Species.

88
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Which Domains are unicelllular?

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Domain Bacteria. Domain Archaea.

89
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Which Domain is unicellular or multicellular?

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Domain Eukarya

90
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What kind of cell is Domain Bacteria?

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Prokaryotic

91
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What kind of cell is Domain Archaea?

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Prokaryotic

92
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What kind of cell is Domain Eukarya?

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Eukaryotic

93
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True or False? Is Domain Archaea genetically different from Domain Bacteria?

94
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What kingdoms are in Domain Eukarya?

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Plant, Animal, Protista and Fungi kingdoms

95
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What are the rules of writing a scientific name?

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  1. Capitalize the genus part
  2. Don’t capitalize the species name
  3. Italicized entire name
96
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What is a scientific name?

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First part is the genus, second part identifies the species within that genus

97
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What are common names?

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They are not standardized. Vary from region to region

98
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What is a group of organisms that interbreed under natural conditions and produce fetile offspring?

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Biological species

99
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This membrane acts as a barrier between contents of the cell and its external environment. This membrane also controls what comes into the cell and what leaves the cell. What is it?

A

The Plasma or Cell Membrane

100
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It contains the DNA. The nucleus membrane surrounds it and acts as a barrier between the nuclear contents and the rest of the cell. It also regulates the flow of material into and out of it. What is it?

101
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The internal contents of the cell except the nucleus. Where metabolism of the cell takes place. Includes many small structures that perform specialized functions in the cell. What is it?

102
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To early biologists, these small structures looked like little organs within the cells, this they are called what?

A

Organelles

103
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What carries out respiration and are found in both plant and animal cells?

A

Mitochondrion

104
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These organelles carry out photosynthesis. They are found in plant cells and other photosynthetic organisms. what are they?

A

Chloroplasts

105
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Is found only in plants cells. It is made of a material called cellulose and supports and protects the plant cell. What is it?

106
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Is found only in plant cells. It stores water, nutrients and other plant chemicals, It helps the plant cell to remain ridged. What is it?

107
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Prokaryotic cells are part of which domain?

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Bacteria & Archaea

108
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What domain are autotrophs and heterotrophs from?

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Domain Eukarya

109
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What type of cell is this?

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Animal cell

110
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What type of cell is this?

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Plant cell

111
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What is number 1?

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Mitochondrion. Carries out respiration

112
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what is number 2?

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Nucleus. Control center. Contains DNA.

113
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What is number 3?

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Plasma Membrane. The barrier between the contents of the cell and its external environment. Also controls what comes and what goes out.

114
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What is number 4? and what is it’s function?

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Cytoplasm. Where metabolism takes place

115
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What cell is this?

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Eukaryotic Cell

116
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Where is the ribosomes?

117
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Where is the cytoplasm?

118
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Where is the nucleus?

119
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Where is the Plasma Membrane?

120
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Where is the DNA?

121
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What type of cell is this?

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Prokaryotic Cell

122
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Where is the DNA?

123
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Where is ribosomes?

124
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Where is the plasma membrane?

125
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Where is the cytoplasm?

126
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Where is the nucleoid region?

127
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What is #1?

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Mitochondrion. Carries out respiration

128
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What is #2?

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Chloroplast. Carry out photosynthesis

129
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What is #3?

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Plasma membrane. barrier between cell and outside environment. Also what goes in and out.

130
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What is #4?

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Nucleus. DNA

131
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What is #5?

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Cell wall. only found in plants. made of cellulose.

132
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What is #6?

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Vacuole. found only in plants. stores water, nutrients and chemicals. helps remain rigid

133
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what is #7?

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cytoplasm. metabolism takes place.

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