| Question |
Answer |
| a living thing that carries out life processes |
organism |
| the study of living things that are or were once living |
biology |
| a process (set of events) that must take place for an organism to survive |
life processes |
| study of classification |
taxonomy |
| name for an organsim with two words derived from Greek or Latin terms, represents the genus and species |
scientific name |
| first part of a scientific name |
genus |
| last part of a scientific name, also a group of similar organisms that share similar characteristics |
species |
| the highest level of classification with many members, greatest diversity (few characteristics in common) |
kingdom |
| a diverse kingdom of mostly microscopic organisms |
protist |
| a kingdom of mostly bacteria |
monera |
| the other three kingdoms |
animal, plant, fungi |
| What are some examples of life processes? |
growth, development, movement, reproduction, use of energy, gas exchange, response, waste elimination |
| making new organisms of the same species |
reproduction |
| Levels of Classification |
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
| Who developed the system of classification? |
Linnaeus |
| Which part of the scientific name is capitalized? |
First name only (ex. Panthera leo) |
| What if the scientific name is typed? |
should be in italics |
| What if the scientific name is handwritten |
should be underlined |
HHS Shrek
