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The process of maintaining a stable internal environment is known as | Homeostasis |
obtains food by eating other organisms | Consumer |
Offspring resemble their parents | Heredity |
makes food using sunlight. | Producer |
Organisms must have food because | food is a source of energy |
A change in an organism’s environment that affects the organism’s activities is a | stimulus. |
asexual | . IN ASEXUAL, REPRODUCTION, A SINGLE PARENT PRODUCES OFFSPRING THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO THE PARENT. |
sexual | SEXUAL REPRODUCTION, TWO PARENTS PRODUCE OFFSPRING THAT WILL SHARE CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH PARENTS. |
In one or two sentences, explain why living things must have air. | MOST ORGANISMS NEED OXYGEN FROM AIR TO RELEASE ENERGY FROM FOOD. GREEN PLANTS, ALGAE, AND SOME BACTERIA NEED CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
flame can move, grow larger, and give off heat. Is a flame alive? | THE FLAME IS NOT ALIVE. ALTHOUGH A FLAME CAN MOVE, GROW, AND GIVE OFF HEAT, IT DOES NOT HAVE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A LIVING ORGANISM. FOR EXAMPLE, A FLAME IS NOT MADE UP F CELLS AND DOES NOT CONTAIN DNA. |
Linnaeus founded the science of | Taxonomy |
Prokaryotes that live in extreme environments are in the domain | Archaeabacteria |
multicellular organisms that can usually move around and respond to their environment are in the kingdom | Animalia |
group animals into categories. | Classification |
Prokaryotes that can cause diseases are in the domain | Bacteria |
Scientists classify organisms by | . arranging the organisms in orderly groups |
When the eight levels of classification are listed from broadest to narrowest, which level is sixth in the list? | family |
The scientific name for the European white waterlily is Nymphaeaalba. To which genus does this plant | Nymphaea |
Animalia, Protista, Fungi, and Plantae are the | names of kingdoms. |
The simple, single-celled organisms that live in your intestines are classified in the kingdom | Bacteria. |
What kind of organism thrives in hot springs and other extreme environments | archaean |
Why is the use of scientific names important in biology? | EACH SPECIES IS UNIQUE, AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR SCIENTISTS TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHICH ORGANISM IS BEING DISCUSSED WITHOUT THE CONFUSION OF COMMON NAMES |
Is a bacterium a type of eukaryote? | NO, A BACTERIUM IS A PROKARYOTE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEUS |