Study Session 1: Flashcards
What are the 7 characteristics of life
Evolutionary adaptation Sensitivity and interaction Ordered complexity Cellular organisation Homeostasis Energy utilization Growth, development and reproduction
bacteria that cause disease are
pathogenic
the three types of achaea
methanogens (use H gas), extremophiles, and nonextreme archaea (similar conditions to bacteria)
the six supergroups of domain eukarya
opisthokonta chromalveota rhizaria archaeplastida excavata amoebozoa
In what supergroups are protists present
all the 6
three types of protists
protozoans, algae, slime molds/water molds
what are saprophytes
organisms that feed on dead ones
cekk wall of fungi cells is made of
chitin
the linnaean hierarchy
domain, (supergroup for eukarya), kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
a kindgom for domai bacteria
eubacteria
are viruses and prions living
no
what are deductive and inductive reasoning
from big to small and from small to big respectively
what is a control treatment
treatment in which independent variable is eliminated or set to standard value… e.g. not giving any fertilizer to a plant
basic vs applied research
basic research is to extend what we know (scientific knowledge) and applied research is scientists in INDUSTRY sector.
the two basic ideas of natural selection
organisms can change over generations, and individuals with certain heritable traits have more offspring than others
