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Definition of Movement

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The ability to move parts of itself, to change position.

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Definition of Respiration

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The ability to release energy from sources of food, normally glucose, usually using oxygen.

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Definition of sensitivity

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The ability to detect a stimulus in the environment and to respond to that stimulus.

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Definition of growth

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Te ability to permanently increase in size, mass and complexity of an organism.

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Definition of reproduction

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The ability to produce offspring by either sexual or asexual means.

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Definition of Excretion

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He ability to remove waste products that have been produced by the body’s chemical reactions (metabolism).

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Definition of nutrition.

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The ability to OBTAIN and USE NUTRIENTS to provide the energy, growth and health needs of the organism.

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What are the first and second name in the binomial system?

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  1. Genus

2. Specie or trivial name

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How do we write a binomial name?

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In Latin

In italics or underlined

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Animals (heterotrophs)

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Eat food to get energy and grow

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Plants (autotrophs)

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Make food to get energy and grow

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Fungi (saprotrophs)

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Decompose material to get energy and grow

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Bacteria (monera)

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Single celled organisms with no nucleus

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Protists (Protista)

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Single-celled organisms with a nucleus

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Name the five kingdom of life

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Animals 
Plants 
Fungi 
Bacteria 
Protists
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What does Classification do

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Classification puts organisms into groups based on common features and evolutionary proximity

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Chordata - phylum

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They are called vertebrates

Have a spinal chord

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Fish - class

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Scales 
Gills 
Fins 
Cold blooded 
External fertilisation
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Mammals - class

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Fur/hair
Lungs
Mammary glands
Warm blooded (can regulate body temp.)

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Reptiles - class

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Dry scales 
Lungs 
Lay eggs 
Ear holes 
Cold blooded (can't regulate body temp.) 
4 or 0 legs
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Birds - class

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Feathers 
Lungs 
Lay eggs 
Ear holes 
Warm blooded (can regulate body temp.) 
2 legs + 2 wings
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Amphibians - class

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Moist, smooth skin
Lungs + gills
Lay eggs
Cold blooded (can’t regulate body temp.)
4 legs (usually)
Webbed feet (piece of skin between fingers)

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Annelids - phylum

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Long, cylindrical bodies 
Segmented bodies 
Layer of mucus 
Bristles (tiny hair at sides) 
Round mouth end + pointed anus end
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Nematodes - phylum

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Long, cylindrical bodies
Pointed at both ends
Most are parasites
Not segmented bodies

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Molluscs - phylum

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Muscular body

Most have hard shell (calcium bicarbonate)

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Arthropods phylum

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Jointed legs 
Segmented bodies 
Waterproof exoskeleton (molt+shade)
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Crustaceans - class

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Hard (calcified exoskeleton) 
5-20 pairs of legs 
Two body segments (cephalothorax+abdomen) 
Two pairs of antenna 
Gills 
Compound eyes
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Insects - class

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3 pairs of legs
All arthropods with wings are insects (but not all insects have wings)
One pair of antennae (usually)
3 body segments (head, thorax, abdomen)

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Arachnids - class

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4 pairs of legs
2 body segments
Several pairs of simple eyes
Fang-like structures to poison their prey (chelicerae)

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Myriapods - class

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More than 20 legs
Many body segments
1 pair of antennae
Simple eyes

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Mosses - Phylum

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No vascular tissue (they’re so small that nutrients diffuse)

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Angiosperms - Phylum

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Flowering plants

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Monocot - class

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One cotyledon
Vascular bundles scattered in stem
Leaf veins parallel
Flower petals in multiples of 3

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Dicot - class

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Two cotyledons
Vascular bundles on a distinct ring
Leaf veins on netted pattern
Petals in multiples of 4 or 5

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Magnification triangle

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M x A

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Many cells working for the same function make a …..

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Tissue

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Many tissues working for the same function make an …

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Organ

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Many organs working together for the same function make a ….

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System

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Many systems working together for the same function make an …

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Organism

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