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Science Ch. 1 - 6th
Classifying Plants and Animals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| I am the building blocks of life which all living things are made of...what am I? | organisms |
| Why must all organisms obtain and use energy? | in order to live |
| What do all organisms need in order to live? | energy |
| To be able to make more of your own kind is called? | reproduction |
| What word means that an organism can make more of its own kind? | reproduce |
| When does an organism grow and develop? | during its life cycles |
| Give an example of a plant responding to its environment? | when a plant turns toward the sun |
| I am a Swedish botanist and I developed a system to name and classify organisms...who am I? | Carolus Linnaeus |
| Name the order of classifying organisms from largest to smallest: | Kingdoms, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (King Phillip Can Order Fries & Green Soup) |
| Which of the classifying groups can also be called Division? | Phylum |
| How many kingdoms did Linnaeus divide organisms into? | two |
| How many kingdoms do scientists think there are today? | six |
| How is a species properly identified? | Genus & Species name |
| What are the requirements to belong to the plant kingdom? | *make your own food *have many cells |
| Because there are so many species of plants how do scientist organize plants? | into groups called divisions |
| Name the requirements to be a vascular plant? | *veins or tubes in its roots, stems, and leaves |
| What if a plant has no veins or tubes in its roots, stems, and leaves...what is it called? | nonvascular |
| Give 3 examples of fungi: | yeast,mold, mushrooms |
| Why is fungi important to the environment? | breaks down dead organisms |
| What do we call bacteria that can only live in extreme conditions? | archaebacteria |
| Where does a virus go to instruct the cell to reproduce copies of the virus? | inside the host cell |