Essay on Chapter 1, Science – Flashcards
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A horse is a?
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heteratroph
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What is the process of change that occurs during an organism;s life to produce more complex organisms?
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development
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Each phylum is divided into what
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class
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Mushrooms, molds, and mildew are members of what kingdom?
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Fungi
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Archaebacteria and Eurobacteria are two kingdoms of what?
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a prokaryote
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What is taxonomy?
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the scientific study of how living things are classified
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The more classification levels that two organisms have means.....
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The more characteristics they have in common
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What is one way in which scientists get information about the evolutionary history of species?
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by comparing organisms' body structures
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Which classification level is broader than the phylum level?
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Kingdom
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The mistaken idea that living things arise form nonliving sources is known as
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Spontaneous generation
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Which kingdom includes only prokaryotes?
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archebacteria
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Which of the following characteristics do all plants share?
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being an autotroph
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Which of the following kingdoms includes ?both unicellular and multicellular organisms
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protists
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an organism that makes its own food is called an
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autotroph
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An organism reacts to a stimulus with a
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response
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ORganisms that make their own food are called
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autotrophs
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an organism's ability to maintain stable internal conditions despite changes in its surroundings is called
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homeostasis
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what do biologists find useful because this scientific system gives them much information about an organism based on its classification
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taxononomy
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The first part of an organism's scientific name is its classification group called
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genus
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In the modern classification system used by biologists the broadest level of organization is called a
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kingdom
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An owl and a bat share the same kingdom and phylum, and class. An owl and what animal have more characteristics in common?
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robin
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What is archaebacteria not classified with? Which is the other prokeroyite kingdom, because they have differents chemical makeups.
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eubacteria
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what kingdom is the only kingdom of eukaryotes that contains both autotrophs and heteratrophs and both unicellular and mulicellular organisms?
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Protists
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Multicellular organisms are found in the protist, fungus, animal, and what kingdoms?
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plants
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what is necessary in writing the scientific name correctly?
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The genus, and species. The genus always has to be capitalized
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Airplanes respond to certain stimuli and use energy why, then, are airplanes not considered living things?
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Don't reproduce Don't grow and develop no Cellular organization
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How do organisms differ in the way they obtain their energy source, or food?
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heterotroph Autotroph
