Term | Definition |
5 features of living things | use energy, made up of cells, reproduce, responds to their environments, grows |
define cells | the basic building blocks of life |
define organism | any one single living thing |
living examples | humans, trees, giraffes, etc. |
non-living examples | desks, pencils, papers, etc. |
classification system order | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
define kingdom | the largest classification of living things, all living things fit into a kingdom |
5 kingdoms | animals, plants, protists, bacteria, and fungus |
2 bacteria kingdoms | archaebacteria and eubacteria |
describe the organisms in animals | multi-celled, gain energy from eating other living things |
describe the organisms in plants | multi-celled, make their own food through photosynthesis |
describe the organisms in protists | single or simple multi-celled, with a nucleus |
describe the organisms in bacteria | one-celled, no nucleus |
describe the organisms in fungus | one or multi-celled, reproduce by spores |
examples of animals | giraffes, humans, dogs, etc. |
examples of plants | trees, grass, flowers, etc. |
examples of protists | amoeba, algae, diatoms, etc. |
examples of bacteria | coli, streptococcus, salmonella, etc. |
examples of fungus | mushrooms, mold, yeast, etc. |
define vertebrates | animals with backbones |
define invertebrates | animals without backbones |
examples of vertebrates | giraffes, dogs, elephants, horses, etc. |
examples of invertebrates | jellyfish, spiders, crabs, etc. |
define vascular | plants with structures to carry food and water through their roots, stems, and leaves |
define nonvascular | plants without structures to carry food and water, and that do not have true roots, stems, and leaves |
examples of vascular plants | trees, grass, flowers, etc. |
examples of nonvascular plants | moss, hornwort, liverwort, etc. |
define dichotomous key | a list of questions to be answered about an object to discover what kind it is |