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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |