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Chapter 1 Science
science terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cell | simplest unit of life |
| stimuli | characteristic of life, response when outside environment changes |
| homeostasis | characteristic of life, able to maintain a stable internal environment regardless of outside condtitions |
| Reproduction | characteristic of life, able to create more of themselves |
| asexual reproduction | one parent organism |
| sexual reproduction | two parent organism |
| Grow and Develope | characteristic of life, growing to an adult |
| Need Nutrients | characteristic of life, needing food |
| Organization | characteristic of life, ex: unicellular/multicellular |
| Use of Energy | characteristic of life, all organisms need this |
| Have DNA | characteristic of life, all organisms need this to be themselves |
| modern classification system | Domain-Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species |
| Binomial Nomenclature | Linneaus's naming system, gives each organism a two-word scientific name, species and genus |
| systematics | the current classification method |
| What are the Domains? | Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya |
| Dichotomous Key | a series of descriptions arranged in pairs that leads the user to the identification of an unknown organism |
| Cladogram | a branched diagram that shows the relationship among organisms, including common ancestors |
| Light Microscope | use light and lenses to enlarge an image |
| Compound Microsope | a light microsope that uses more than one lens to magnify |
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