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classification notes
if you need to study the classification system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To be considered of the same species, what must you be able to do? | produce offspring that are similar in natural conditions |
| What is the combination of genus+species? | a scientific name |
| the language in which scientific names are written | Latin |
| the "father of classification" | Carolus Linnaeus |
| Classification | arranging things into groups based on specific traits |
| Evolution | When a species adapts consistantly |
| the "blue prints" of a human | DNA |
| the 7 characteristics of a living thing | made of cells, movement, obtain and use energy, reproduce, respond, growing and developing, and get rid of wastes |
| Homeostasis | when all functions are stable |
| Excretion | Getting rid of wastes |
| Respiration | Breaking down food to release energy |
| digestion | breaking down food |
| ingestion | taking in food and nutrients |
| metabolism | the chemical reactions that occur in living things |
| unicellular | one/singe celled organism |
| multicellular | many celled organism |
| where cells come from | other cells |
| theory that living things come from nonliving things | spontaneous generation |
| basic elements of living things | oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen |
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