Biology vocab from ch.1
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- What are Kingdoms?
- Kingdoms or six groups that organisms are classified in based on common traits.
- What is Archeae?
- Archaea are a kingdom consisting of prokaryotes (organisms that have no nuclei.)
- What is Bacteria?
- Bacteria is a group of prokaryotic organisms.
- What is protista?
- Protista are unicellular eukaryotes. Ex. algea
- What is Fungi?
- Theis kingdom contains nonphotosynthetic muticellular organisms that digest their food externally such as mushrooms.
- What is Plantae?
- This kingdom contains photo synthetic multicellular organisms that are terrestrial, such as trees, grass, and flowers.
- What is Animalia?
- Organisms in theis kingdom are nonphotosyntetic multicellular organisms that digest their food internally, such as humans, and other animals.
- What are the 5 Properties of Life?
- Cellular organization, metabolism, homeostasis, growtha nd reproduction, and heredity.
- What is Cellular organization?
- All living things consist of one or more cells.
- What is Metabolism?
- Is the transfer of energy from one form to another in cells.
- What is Homeostasis?
- While the environment often varies alot, organisms act to keep their interior conditions relatively constant.
- What is heredity?
- The transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring is a process called heredity.
- What is the Organization of Life?
- The organization of life is a system scientists use to draw out levels of complexity amoung living things.
- What is the Cellular Level?
- It consists of of 5 levels, Atoms, Molecule, macromolecule. organelle, and cell.
- What is the organismal Level?
- it consists of tissue, organ, organ system, and organism.