Domains/Kingdoms/Classification

Question 1

List the names and main characteristics that differentiate the 3 Domains and 5 Kingdoms of living things. Include an example of an organism for each.

Answer 1

Domain: archaea, bacteria, and eukaryote
Kingdoms
(Archea- Archea or Monera, [extremophiles, first living things]
Bacteria- bacteria or Monera, [most common disease, 3 shapes]
Eukaryotes- animal, plant, protists, fungi)

Animal (mulitu celled)-Lion
Plant(multi)- Pine Tree
Fungi(both)- mushroom
Protista(single)- euglena
Monera- Blue green Bacteria

Question 2

List the 8 levels of classification from largest to smallest.

Answer 2

Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.

Question 3

List and explain the 10 characteristics all living things possess (ORGANISMS chart).

Answer 3

One or more cells-
Smallest unit capable of life’s functions

Respiration-
Release chemical energy
from food in the mitochondria

Grow and Develop-
Develop by going through physical changes

Adapt to their environment-
Short-term stimulus/response
& long-term adaptation

Not dry out -
Depend on liquid water

Inherit DNA-
and adapt through Evolution

Stable internal environment-
Maintain homeostasis,
by digesting and excreting

Metabolism-
Obtain & use energy
by getting or making food

Sexual or asexual reproduction-
Sexual = 2 parents;
Asexual = 1 parent

DIES

Question 4

Understand how the WOWbug, California Blackworm, daphnia, Cabbage White Butterfly, and hydra meet the characteristics listed in question #3. Try filling in the ORGANISMS chart with details from each of the animals.

Answer 4

open organisms chart

Question 5

Know the correct labeling for the lines below a scientific drawing.

Answer 5

magnification on top line (times 10)

bottom: name in all capitals of what observing (size)

Question 6

Describe the life cycle of the cabbage white butterfly and WOWbug.

Answer 6

CWB= egg, larva, pupa, adult
WOWbug= egg, larva, molting until adult

Question 7

How are the CWB and WFP interdependent? Think about food, reproduction, and gas exchange.

Answer 7

CWB find own food, lays eggs, finds brassica plant, polinates WFP
WFP exchanges gas, gets sun, nutrients from ground

Question 8

What does the term homeostasis mean?

Answer 8

The tendency of an organism or a cell to regulate its internal conditions, usually by a system of feedback controls, so as to stabilize health and functioning, regardless of the outside changing conditions