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Flashcards by Caleb Merrique, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Caleb Merrique
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| Question | Answer |
| What is Biology? | Biology is the study of living things which are also called organisms. |
| What can living things have the ability of? | Living things have the ability of: Growth Respiration Irritation Movement Nutrition Excretion Reproduction (Sexually and A-sexually) |
| What is Growth? | The permanent increase in size of an organism. |
| What is Respiration? | The release of energy from food sometimes using oxygen (with oxygen is aerobic) (Without oxygen is anaerobic) |
| What is Irritation? | The ability of an organism to detect and respond to stimuli. |
| What is Movement? | This is the ability of an organism to change position of part or the entire body of the organism. |
| What is Nutrition? | The intake of food that is used for repairs, growth and maintenance of good health. |
| What is Excretion? | This is the removal of metabolic waste from the body, this is waste that has undergone chemical reactions in the body like sweat urine and breath. |
| What is Reproduction? | This is to ensure the continuation of a species. This can be done in two ways: Sexually- requires a male and female, fertilization must occur and the offspring is genetically different from the parents. A-Sexually- requires only one parent, fertilization does not occur and the offspring is genetically identical to the parent. |
| What is the Environment? | This is the surroundings of an organism. |
| What is Ecology? | This is the study between the interactions of an organism and its environment |
| What is a Habitat? | This is the place where an organism lives. |
| What is a Population? | This is a group of organisms of the same species, living in the same place, at the same time and are able to breed with one another. |
| What is a Community? | This is several different populations living in the same place, at the same time |
| What is an ecosystem? | This is a community and its environment. |
| What is Niche? | This is the role/part an organism has to play in its ecosystem. |
| What is a Species? | A group of similar organisms that are able to interbreed. |
| What are the 2 Latin Words which are found in the scientific name given to a species? | They are the generic name and the specific name. |
| What is a Kingdom? | This is the main groups that all organisms are placed. There are five groups: |
| What is a Kingdom divided into? | A Phylum (Plural: Phyla) |
| What is a Phylum divided into? | A class |
| What are the Phyla in the Kingdom Animalia? | They are: Arthropod Annelid Mollusc Echinodermata Chordata Porifera Cnidaria |
| What are the classes in Arthropod? | They are: Crustacean Insects Arachnids Diplopoda Chilopoda |
| What are the classes in Chordata? | They are: Reptile Amphibian Mammal Aves Pisces |
| What are animals and characteristics of animals in the Phylum Cnidaria? | The animals found in Cnidaria are Corals, Jellyfish and Sea Anemone. Characteristics of these animals are: They have a body wall made up of only 2 layers of cells. They have a ring of tentacles and a mouth in the center. They only have one opening to there gut. |
| What are animals and their characteristics found in Echinodermata? | The animals found in Echinodermata are star fish, sea urchins and sand dollars. Characteristics of these animals are: They have five-part radial symmetry. They have body walls that contain calcareous particles. Many have a shell with projecting spines. |
| What are characteristics of animals found in Arthropoda? | Arthropods contain: no back bone jointed legs waterproof exoskeleton |
| What are animals and their characteristics found in Crustacea? | The animals found in crustacea are crabs, lobsters and woodlice. Characteristics of these animals are: They have 4 pairs of jointed legs They aren't millipedes or centipedes They breathe through gills. |
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