Grouping and Identifying Organisms Flashcards
A living thing
Organism
A permanent increase in size
Growth
Feeding: taking in substances that are needed for growth or to provide energy
Nutrition
Getting rid of waste materials such as carbon dioxide
Excretion
The ability of an organism to notice and respond to changes happening around them
Sensitivity
The ability of organisms to change position
Movement
The ability of organisms to produce young
Reproduction
The process of breaking down food to provide an organism with ENERGY
Respiration
A fungus with a round top and a short stem
Mushroom
A fungus with a round top and narrow stem
Toadstool
A group of bacteria or fungi, such as the ones growing on the surface of agar jelly
Colony
A living organism so small that it can only be seen with a microscope
Microorganism
A microscopic fungus
Yeast
A small, clear round dish with a lid, used for growing microorganisms
Petri Dish
A thick, clear substance made from seaweed, used for growing microorganisms
Agar Jelly
Made of only one cell
Single-Celled
Organisms made of a very small single cell, with a cell wall but no nucleus
Bacteria
Organisms such as mushrooms, toadstools and yeast; they get their energy from decaying organic material
Fungi
Small, plant-like organisms that grow in or near water
Algae
Very small, single-celled, animals organisms
Protozoa
Substances that living organisms can use to supply them with energy, or to help them grow
Nutrients
Solid Animal waste
Dung
A chemical that is a necessary art of cells of all living thing
Protein
A substance inside a virus containing asset of coded instructions for making more viruses
RNA
An extremely small structure made of a protein coat surrounding RNA (or DNA); — can invade cells and cause them to produce more —
Virus
Flu; a common viral illness that causes fever and headache
Influenza
Make a copy
Replicate
A group of organisms that can reproduce with others in the same —, but not with members of a different —
Species
A sample
Specimen
Being able to produce offspring
Fertile
Differences between individuals that belong to the same species
Variation
Exactly the same
Identical
The “children” of a living organism
Offspring
Unable to produce offspring
Infertile
A set of questions about an organism that helps with indentification
Key
Bramching into two
Dichotomous
