Biology: Exploring Life Flashcards
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| 3537395201 | What is biology? | The study of life | 0 | |
| 3537428661 | All ________ ______ share similar characteristics of life. | living things | 1 | |
| 3537459204 | The change in position of the body or of a body part; motion of an internal organ | Movement | 2 | |
| 3537486759 | The reaction to a change taking place inside our outside the body | Responsiveness | 3 | |
| 3537502308 | The increase in body size without change in shape | Growth | 4 | |
| 3537509498 | Production of new organisms and new cells | Reproduction | 5 | |
| 3537525869 | Obtaining oxygen, removing carbon dioxide, and releasing energy from foods | Respiration | 6 | |
| 3537542600 | Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used | Digestion | 7 | |
| 3537573855 | Passage of substances through membranes and into body fluids | Absorption | 8 | |
| 3537594292 | Movement of substances from place to place in body fluids | Circulation | 9 | |
| 3537607845 | Changing of absorbed substances into chemically different forms | Assimilation | 10 | |
| 3537617073 | Removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions | Excretion | 11 | |
| 3537652003 | What are the 11 characteristics of life? | movement, responsiveness, growth, reproduction, respiration, digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, and excretion | 12 | |
| 3537698450 | kingdom | animalia | 13 | |
| 3537702140 | phylum | Chordata | 14 | |
| 3537704866 | class | Mammalia | 15 | |
| 3537707665 | order | Primates | 16 | |
| 3537711188 | family | Hominidae | 17 | |
| 3537716425 | genus | Homo | 18 | |
| 3537719264 | species | H. sapiens | 19 | |
| 3537725569 | subspecies | H. s. sapiens | 20 | |
| 3537741135 | cells that lack a membrane-bound nucleus and cell structures | Prokaryotes | 21 | |
| 3537760053 | -contains unicellular prokaryotes - live in harsh environments | Domain Archaea | 22 | |
| 3537773509 | -prokaryotic -found most everywhere | Domain Bacteria |  | 23 |
| 3537806030 | cells within a membrane bound nucleus and cell structures | Eukaryotes | 24 | |
| 3537813862 | Eukaryotes are divided in what 4 kingdoms? | 1 Protists 2 Fungi 3 Plants 4 Animals | 25 | |
| 3537843634 | -Eukaryotes -divided into four kingdoms | Domain Eukarya | 26 | |
| 3537854652 | What is taxomony? | the assigning of every species with a two part name (binomial) | 27 | |
| 3537862857 | two | Bi | 28 | |
| 3537865594 | name | Nomial | 29 | |
| 3537881925 | the first part of the name is ____ and the second part is ____ | genus and species | 30 | |
| 3537891182 | you must _____ the scientific name | underline | 31 | |
| 3537899333 | an educated guess based on observation | Hypothesis | 32 | |
| 3537912233 | written in an "if this is done...., then this will happen..." format | Predictions | 33 | |
| 3538117716 | the group that does not have the "factor" applied to it | Control | 34 | |
| 3538138839 | results of the expiriment | Data | 35 | |
| 3538145538 | Not proven observations | Theories | 36 | |
| 3538161511 | supported by many observations and experiments for a very long time | Laws | 37 | |
| 3538173632 | surface of the Earth where life is found | Biosphere | 38 | |
| 3538179422 | all members of a species in a particular area | Population | 39 | |
| 3538186402 | made up of different populations | Community | 40 | |
| 3538213075 | organisms interact with each other and the physical environment | Ecosystem | 41 | |
| 3538234287 | what the scientist changes during the expiriment | Independent Variable | 42 | |
| 3538241316 | what the scientist meausres | Dependent Variable | 43 |