Classification Flashcards
Energy
Power to something (Life powers Humans) (Batteries power electronics)
Respond
To do something in reply
Assimilate
To take in and possess information
Excrete
Get rid of
Grow
To get taller
Reproduce
To make more of
Dead
Once alive now not
Non-living
Was never alive but now dead
Cryptobiosis
To stop all life to be brought back later
Unicellular
Has one cell
Multicellular
Has many cells
Protoctistan
Belongs to the Protoctistan Kingdom
Prokaryotic
A type of cell in which there are no membrane-bound organelles, such as the nucleus. Eukaryotic cells do contain a nucleus
Virus
A small particle that reproduce only in living cells. Opon leaving the cell the cell is killed
Viroids
Smallest know virus. Made of naked RNA
Prions
Abnormal and infectious proteins
Kingdom
A scientific classification referring to a group
Species
A group of Animals that have alot in common
Classification
To put something in a group
Animalae
The Kingdom for Animals
Plantae
The Kingdom for Plants
Fungi
The Kingdom for Mushrooms
Protist
The Kingdom for anything that doesn’t fit in the other Kingdoms
Monera
The Kingdom for things that are made up of one cell
Etymology
The study of words and their origins
Binomial Nomenclature
The way Scientists name animals, plants and bacteria
Dichotomous Key
A chart that splits into two each question until you are left with one of all of the things you are trying to split up
Vertebrate
An Animal that has a backbone
Invertebrate
An Animal that doesn’t have a backbone
Exoskeleton
An Animal that has a skeleton on the outside of their body
Endoskeleton
An Animal with a skeleton on the inside of it’s body
Radial Symmetry
Symmetrical 4 ways
Bilateral Symmetry
Symmetrical two ways
Placental Mammal
Feeds from umbrelical cord
Marsupial
Feeds Milk to it’s young
Monotream
Lays eggs
Adaptation
Change made by the species to their environment
Arthropod
The phyla for Insects
Mollusc
The phyla for animals that have soft backs and live in water or damp areas
