| A | B |
|---|
| consumers | organisms that do not make their own food |
| producers | organisms that do make their own food - plants |
| eukaryotic cells | have a true nucleus with a membrane |
| prokaryotic cells | do not have a nucleus - monerans |
| 6 characteristics of life | 1. made of cells 2. use energy3. grow & develop 4. respond to the environment 5. reproduce 6. adapt to the environment |
| 6 needs of organisms | 1. energy 2. food 3. water 4. body temperature 5. gas exchange 6. living space |
| organism | any living thing |
| cell | basic unit of life |
| 5 kingdoms | Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plant, Animal |
| herbivores | consumers that only eat plants |
| carnivores | consumers that only eat meat |
| omnivores | consumers that eat plants and meat |
| endothermic | the ability of an organism to maintain an internal body temperature |
| exothermic | when an organism can't maintain an internal body temperature |
| scientific classification | orderly method for arranging organisms in related groups |
| taxonomy | the science of classification |
| 7 categories of classification in order | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
| Linnaeus | scientist who developed an early system of classification looing at body structure & systems |
| Modern Classification System | system of classification used today |
| 4 characteristics of the Modern Classification System | body structure, body systems, chemical make-up, ancestry |
| binomial nomenclature | 2 name naming system, Genus then species |
| kingdoms of simple organisms | Monera, Protista, Fungi |
| kingdoms of complex organisms | Plant, Animal |
| New Latin | language of classification |
| why use New Latin | it is a non-spoken language |
| Monera phyla (2 kinds) | Bacteria, Cyanobacteria |
| cyanobacteria | another name for blue-green algae |
| aerobic | when organisms use oxygen during the gas exchange |
| anaerobic | when organisms use something other than oxygen during the gas exchange |
| 3 shapes of bacteria | cocci, spirilla, bacilli |
| cocci shape | round |
| spirilla shape | spirals |
| bacilli shape | rods |
| middle kingdom of organisms | Protista - one-celled or many celled |
| 3 groups of protists | plantlike, animal-like, funguslike |
| flagella | tail like whip structures used to propel euglenas |
| cilia | short, hairlike structures used to propel paramecia |
| pseudopodia | means "false foot", locomotion for amoebas |
| mycology | study of fungi |
| characteristics of fungi | have no true roots or leaves, saprohytes & parasites |
| saprophyte | organism that feeds on dead or dying matter |
| parasite | organism that lives in or on a host organism causing it harm |
| 4 groups of fungi | zygote, sac, club, imperfect |
