science

Question 1

What traits do scientists use to classify living things ?

Answer 1

A. cell structure
B .locomotion

Question 2

Why would it have been hard for Von Linne to classify Euglena?

Answer 2

Euglena has both characteristics of plants and animals

Question 3

List 5 kingdoms

Answer 3

1.plants
2.animals
3.protists
4.bacteria
5.fungus

Question 4

What features do animals cells have that are important in classification?

Answer 4

nucleus that has DNA

Question 5

What cell parts do animals lack?

Answer 5

1.No cell walls
2. No chloroplast

Question 6

When classifying an animal what is the first thing a scientist considers?

Answer 6

backbone or no backbone

Question 7

How do scientists further classify animals with backbones?

Answer 7

1.Body coverings
2.Resporation
3.Reprodution

Question 8

How do scientists further classify animals with no backbones?

Answer 8

1. whether they have a skeleton
   2.what the skeleton is made of
   3.whether skeleton is internal or external

Question 9

Why do you think that fungi used to be classified as plants?

Answer 9

Unable to compare cell structure *fungi have no chloroplast

Question 10

list 2 examples of protists that were disscussed in class?

Answer 10

1.ameoba
2.paramciem

Question 11

How a protists classified?

Answer 11

1.plant-like
2.animal-like
3.fungis-like

Question 12

how do bacteria differ from organisms in all other kingdoms?

Answer 12

NO NUCLEUS!!!

Question 13

How is classification of living things like a library?

Answer 13

subcategories (spices)
categories (genus)

Question 14

What are some levels of classification?

Answer 14

A. Which is the highest level?
kingdom

B. 2 lowest levels?
genus & species

Question 15

what does an organisms scientific name tell about it?

Answer 15

genus & species

Question 16

To identify an organism, what tools could you use?

Answer 16

1.Linnaen system of classification
2.dichonimous key
3. Field guides

Question 17

What is the scientific name for a Protista?

Answer 17

junk drawer

Question 18

Explain how the amoeba moves

Answer 18

creeping or pseudopodium

Question 19

Why can’t the paramecium change shape like the amoeba?

Answer 19

thick outer membrane=pellicle

Question 20

How does a Euglena move?

Answer 20

used a fiagella

Question 21

Explain the difference between autotrophic and heterotrophic?

Answer 21

auototrphocic= makes own food
heterotrophic=consumes other organisms’

Question 22

Bilaterally symmetrical organisms have how many lines of symmetry?

Answer 22

1

Question 23

Radially symmetrical organisms have how many lines of symmetry?

Answer 23

lines of symmetry are chosen by the centeral point

Question 24

Asymmetrical symmetrical organisms have how many lines of symmetry?

Answer 24

1 dividing left and right sides

Question 25

list 4 major charectoristics that all animals share

Answer 25

1.eukaryotio
2.mullticellular organisms
3.speacilized tissue
4. made up of cells woth no cell wall

Question 26

list common charectoristics of a protists

Answer 26

1.nuclear membrane around DNA
2.sexual reproduction
3. asexual reproduction

Question 27

describe some animal adaptations for escaping a predator?

Answer 27

1.play dead
2. bright color
3. senses