Living Things Flashcards
Identify the two groups that all things can be classified into
Living
Non-living
Identify reasons for classification
So your Able to identify thing easier
Discuss and give examples where classification is used
Library’s
Stores
Schools
Outline the characteristics of living things
Movement Respiration Sensitivity Growth Reproduction Excretion Nutrition
What’s the difference between a branching key and a go to key?
Branching shows branches with yes and no question while a go to key is just a list of yes and no questions
Identify the features of a dichotomous key
Have yes/no questions
Don’t use reality every terms
Ask about physical features
What types of questions are asked in a dichotomous key?
Yes/no questions
Identify relative terms that should not be used when when constructing a dichotomous key
Size
Age
Identify the two main groups of microorganisms
Beneficial
Harmful
Identify some human diseases caused by bacteria and fungi
Whooping cough
Tetanus
Athletes foot
Mycoses
Discuss the impacts on continually using anti-bacterial disinfectants
It will kill all the harmless and necessary bacteria and open your self up to other problems
Give examples of benefits harmless bacteria have
They keep the digestive system healthy
Help lower ones risk to get colon cancer
Kills bad bacteria
Identify the five groups of vertebrate and features of each
Birds-feathers,beak Fish-gills Amphibians-cold blooded,carnivores Reptile-col blooded Mammal-warm blooded,tetrapods
Identify the five groups of plants
Gymnosperms Ferns Algae Bryophytes Angiosperms
Different environs found across the earth?
Rainforest Desert Forest Moorland Urban Aquatic
Describe Australian environments
Desert-dry,little rain,little vegetation
Tropical rainforest-trees,high temp and humidity
Suburban-little vegetation
Marine-lots of water and aquatic animals
Describe some adaptations an organism might need to survive a environment
Sharp claws
Nocturnal
Exoskeleton
Venom
Adaptations plants have
Thick outer coating Waxy cuticle Dropping leaves in drought Small leaves Thin leaves
Define adaptation
A feature of an organism that helps it to survive within a given environment
Define angiosperm
A group of plant
Define beneficial
Good, helpful
Define characteristics
A feature or quality belonging to a person,place or thing
Define dichotomous key
A tool to help scientists identify objects and organisms
Define excretion
The process of eliminating or expelling waste matter
Define invertebrate
An animal lacking a backbone
Define organism
An individual animal, plant or single-celled life form
Define respiration
The process by which plants and animals convert energy into a form that can easily be used by cells
Define microorganism
A microscopic organism
Define vertebrae
Has possession of a backbone
