Characteristics Of Living Things And Taxonomy (Classification) Flashcards
Excretion
The process of getting rid of nitrogenous waste made from metabolic processes
What is done in the bathroom
JP Dewey
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Homeostasis
Dynamic equilibrium
When your body is perfectly equivalent and balanced
Metabolism
Chemical reactions to supply energy
The rate of digesting food
Reproduction
Creating new members of the species
Reproducing to allow the species to continue
Synthesis
To combine simple substances into larger substances
State of being
Gas exchange
The process of obtaining oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide
Breathing
Stimuli
Action that causes a reaction
Chemical reaction etc….
Heterotroph
Organism that needs to eat
Humans and all mammals, almost every living thing except for plants
Autotroph
Organism that makes its own food
Plants, not mammals
Cell
Smallest unit of life
Building blocks of life
Tissue
Group of cells working together
Many are in humans bodies
Organ
Group of tissues working together
Such as the lung, heart and other vital organs
Organ system
Group of organs working together
Allows us to live
Classify/Classification
To organize based on an established set of characteristics
Figuring out a species or using variables to figure out the unknown
Taxonomy
The study of classification
Figuring how to classify and classifying different species
Dichotomous key
Chart with two options on each level, used to classify organisms
We made one in class, used to classify different organisms
Phylogeny tree/ cladogram
A chart that indicates when related groups or organisms have evolved
Shows closest ancestry
Common ancestor
The species from which other species have descended
