Question | Answer |
adaptation | a feature of an organism that helps it survive in its surroundings |
classification | the sorting of things into groups of similar items |
fungus | an organism that has cell walls but does not have chloroplasts |
genus | a groups of organisms that share major characteristics and are therefore closely related |
protists | a microscopic organism that may have characteristics of plants, animals, or fungi |
species | a single group of organisms that can reprise among their young |
chloroplasts | make plants food through process of photosynthesis |
pseudopodium | false feet, allows protists, amoeba, to move |
bacteria | does not have a nucleus |
paramecium | shoe or slipper shaped cell, singled-celled, move with cilia |
slime mold | makes up most of the fungus like protists; characteristics of fungi, but not a fungus |
sea urchin | related to starfish |
This organism has no nucleus | bacteria |
These organisms are classified by the presence or absence of vascular tissue | plants |
This is single-celled protists, usually having chloroplasts, lacking cell walls, but able to move | euglena |
An organisms scientific name consists of both its genus and | species |
Both plants and fungi are unique in that they have | cell walls |
Vertebrates are animals with | backbones |
Inter vertebrates are animals without | Backbones |
Paramecium move by | tiny hairs called cilia |
What system is used for basic classifying organisms | Von Linnean |
Euglena move by "tails" called | flagella |
A dichotomous key is what | made up of choices that guide you to the correct name of the item or organism you want to identify |
What language do all scientists understand | Latin |
What are the seven levels of classification | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |