Science- Biology Flashcards
Vertebrate
Has a backbone
Endothermic
Maintain own body temperature eg. Humans
Invertebrate
Doesn’t have a backbone but has a shell
Biotic
Living things
eg trees, leaf litter, animals etc
Abiotic
Non-living things
Eg climate, soil, water etc
First order consumer
The organism that eats the producer
Second order consumer
The organism that eats or derives nutrients from the first order consumer
Adaption
A feature that better adapts and organism to its environment
What are the 3 domains?
Eukaryotes eg fungi, plants, animals
Archaea
Bacteria
Classification of animals
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus (must have a capital letter & underlined when handwritten)
Species (must be underlined when handwritten)
What is MRS GREN?
All living things MUST do the following:
Movement Respiration Sense what happens in the environment Growth Reproduction Excretion Nutrience
Non-renewable
Coal, oil, nuclear, gas
Renewable
Solar, geothermal, wind, biomass, hydro
What is biology?
The study of living things
What is classification?
The process of putting things into groups