Unit 1: Diversity of Living Things

Question 1

What is BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE?

Answer 1

• A system to denote species
• Genus species
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Question 2

What is BIODIVERSITY?

Answer 2

• Biodiversity is the diversity in living things
• It is crucial to creating healthy ecosystems that support all life on Earth

Question 3

What does it mean to be UNICELLULAR?

Answer 3

An organism is made up of one cell (e.g. archea and bacteria)

Question 4

What does it mean to be MULTICELLULAR?

Answer 4

An organism is made up of many cells (e.g. plantae and animalia)

Question 5

What is TAXONOMY?

Answer 5

A classification of species based on their shared traits (ecological, geographical, behavioural, etc) and lineage

Domains
Kingdoms
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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Question 6

PROKARYOTIC vs EUKARYOTIC

Answer 6

PROKARYOTIC
- Always unicellular
- No nucleus or membrane bound organelles
- Smaller
- Simpler
- Circular DNA

EUKARYOTIC
- Often multicellular
- Nucleus and membrane bound organelles
- Larger
- Complex
- Linear DNA

BOTH HAVE:
- DNA
- Cytoplasm
- Plasmic membranes
- Ribosomes

Question 7

What is a SPECIES?

Answer 7

A group of organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring
- freely interbreeding

Question 8

What is an ORGANISM?

Answer 8

Any living thing that functions as an individual - displays all properties of life

Question 9

AUTOTROPH vs HETEROTROPH

Answer 9

AUTOTROPHS (producers) make their own food, HETEROTROPHS (consumers) do not