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Living Organisms 2
Living Organisms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Things that have all characteristics of life are called | Organisms |
| A _________ is the smallest unit of life | Cell |
| Living things that are made of only one cell are called | Unicellular |
| Living things have specialized structures with specialized functions | Organization |
| Living things that are made of two or more cells are called | Multicellular |
| Living things grow by increasing cell size and/or increasing cell number | Grow and Development |
| Living things make more living things through this process | Reproduction |
| Living things use energy for all the processes they perform | Use of Energy (True) |
| To group ideas, information, or objects based on similarities is to | Classify |
| Who developed the first system of classification | Aristotle |
| The higher levels of classification are known as | kingdoms |
| What name was given Linnaeus for his contribution to classification | Father of Classification |
| Who later came up with a 5 kingdom system of classification | Robert H. Whittaker |
| In the 1700's who created a better system of classification based similar structures and placed every organism into two main groups called kingdoms | Linnaeus |
| How many domains are there | 3 |
| How many kingdoms are there | 6 |
| What are the 6 kingdoms | Kingdom, Phylum Division,Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
| What is the mnemonic device we use to remember the 6 groups in a kingdom | kingdom philip davis came over for good spaghetti |
| All ____________ things are organized, grow and develop, reproduce, respond, maintain certain internal conditions, and use energy | Living |
| Things that have all the characteristics of life are called | organisms |
| Whether an organism is made of only one ______ the smallest unit of life-or many cells, all living thing have structures that have specific funtions | cell |
| Living things that ar made on only one cell are called ___ organisms | Unicellular |
| Living things with more than one cell have a greater level of ________ because groups of cells function together | Organization |
| Living things that are made of two or more cells are called _____ organisms | Multicellular |
| Living things grow by increasing ______ or increasing cell number | size |
| The changes that occur in an organism during its lifetime are called | Development |
| ______is the process by which one organism makes on or more new organisms | Reproduction |
| Some organisms must have a ____ to reproduce, but others can reproduce without one | Mate |
| All living things can _____ to changes in the environment | Respond |
| These changes are called ____ and can be internal or external | Stimuli |
| Hunger and thirst are examples of ______ stimuli | Internal |
| Some examples of ______ stimuli are light and temperate | Homeostasis function |
| An organisms ability to maintain stable internal conditions when outside conditions change is called _____ | Homeostasis |
| Maintaining these conditions ensures that cells can ___ | Function |
| When your outside environment becomes too hot or too cold, your body responds by sweating shivering, or changing the flow of ___ to maintain a body temperature of 37 degrees celcisus | Blood |
| Cells continuously use ____ to transport substances, make new cells, and perform chemical reactions | Energy |
| For most organisms, the energy they use originally came to Earth from the ____ | Sun |