Question | Answer |
What do we call living things made up of only one cell? | unicellular |
What are things that have all of the characteristics of life? | organisms |
What is it called when living things maintain a stable environment? | homeostasis |
What is it when living things increase in cell size or cell number? | growth |
What is NOT a characteristic of all living things? | breathing |
To _____________ is to group ideas, information, or objects based on similarities. | classify |
Who created a better system based on similarities in body structures and systems, size, shape, color, and methods of obtaining food? | Carolus Linnaeus |
Who came up with the 5 kingdoms of classification in the 1960's? | Whittaker |
What do we call Linnaeus' system for classification that gave every organism a two-word name? | binomial nomenclature |
What is the correct order of taxonomy? | domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
How many domains do we currently use? | 3 |
What are the current kingdoms used for classification? | Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, protists, fungi, plant, and animal |
What can be identified using a dichotomous key? | any living organism |
Who is known as the "father of classification"? | Linnaeus |
Where do we get the first word of a scientific name? | the genus |
What is not used to classify organisms? | age |
What can scientist use to determine the name of an unknown organism? | a dichotomous key |
What two words make up the binomial nomenclature? | genus and species |
What do we call the branched diagram that shows the relationships among organisms, including common ancestors? | cladogram |
Eubacteria and Archaebacteria do not have an organized nucleus or organelles, they are ____________. | prokaryotic |
What do protist, fungi, plants, and animals all have in common? | they are all eukaryotic |
Which kingdoms do not have unicellular organisms? | plants and animals |
Which kingdom does paramecium belong to? | protist |