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| What are the seven characteristics of life? |
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| living things are organized, acquire materials and energy, reproduce, respond to stimuli, are homeostatic, grow and develop, and are adapted to their environment |
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| what provides the building blocks and energy to maintain orginization? |
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| give an example of a response to stimuli |
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| a plant growing towards the light, touching a hot surface, yank your hand away |
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| maintaining a relatively constant internal environment |
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| modifications that make an organism suited to its way of life |
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| What are the six levels of biological organization? (hint, starts with an atom) |
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atom->molecules (like DNA)
molecules->cells (smallest unit of life)
cells->tissue (muscle)
tissues->organs (liver, heart)
organs->organ systems (digestive, nervous)
organ systems -> organism |
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| classifying organisms according to criteria |
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What is the order for the classification for living things?
Donald King Please Clap On For God's Sake |
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| Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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| What are the four kingdoms of Eukarya? (what belongs to each) |
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Protista: uni/multicellular organisms
(amoeba, algae)
Fungi: uni/multicellular heterotrophs (maintain their own food, don't need a host)
Plantae
Animalia |
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| How do we identify a species, and what is this called? What language is this in? |
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Binomial nomenclature: Genus species
(ex: Homo sapiens)
Latin. |
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Four levels of the biosphere
But People Can Eat |
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| Biosphere Population Community Ecosystem |
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| zones of land, water, and air where living organisms are found |
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| group of the same species living in a given area |
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| a group of the same populations living in a given area (check) |
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| populations interacting with the environment |
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| a statement or question that can be tested |
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| Experimental Designs should... |
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| ensure the scientist is testng what he/she is testing for and that meaningful results will be obtained |
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| Define: control group, independent variable, dependent variable |
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control group: goes through the same experiment process, lacks factor being tested
Independent variable : factor being tested
Dependent variable: factor being measured |
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