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| Taxonomy | science of naming organisms |
| Dichotomous Key | classifying it physical appearance |
| Linnaeus | scientist who is responsible for mordern day binomial momenclature |
| Binomial nomenclature | classfication system given two part names genus and species |
| kingdom | group of closely related phyla |
| species | group of organisms that share similar characteristics |
| taxon | group into which organisms are classified |
| genus | group of closely related species |
| prokaryotic | singeled celled organism |
| eukaryotic | made of cells that have a nucleus |
| scientific name | genus and species |
| moneran | oldest; kingdom; prokaryotic; most primitative |
| plantae | multi cellular; autotrophic |
| animalia | heterotrophic; eukaryotic |
| fungi | heterotrophic; builds cell walls; decompers; multi cellular |
| protistia | single celled; eukaryotic; some hetero or autotrophic |
| steps of the scientific method | 1.observing 2.hypothesis 3.test 4.record 5.concl. 6.replicate |
| independent | can control |
| dependent | can't control |
| control | doesn't have a variable |
| metric system (list) | kilo, hecto, deca, meters, deci, centi, mili |
| resolution of power | how much the specimen is magnified |
| atom | smallest particle |
| atomic # | protons in nucleus |
| proton | positively charged |
| neutron | electrically neutron |
| solution | sugar |
| solvent | doesn't dissolve |
| solute | does dissolve |
| inorganic compound | no carbon |
| organic compound | carbon |
| hydrolysis | splits water |
| dehydration | small molecules form large molecules |
| parts of a nucleotide | nitrogenus base, phosphate group, five carbon sugar |
| replication | process by which DNA replicates and occurs in the S phase |
| DNA significant parts of it | thymine, deoxyribose, double stranded, cytoplasm |
| RNA significant parts of it | uracil, ribose, singe stranded, ribosomes |
| where does transcription occur? | nucleus |
| transcription | process by which a molecule of DNA is copied into a complementary strand DNA |
| translation | process in which a message carried by messenger RNA is decoded into polypeptide chain |
| cell theory | all living things are composed of of cells, cells are the basic units of stucture and function in living things, all cells come from preexisting cells |
| robert hooke | discovered cells |
| active transport | requires energy |
| passive transport | no energy |
| equation for photosynthesis | C02+H2O----->C6 H12 06+O2 |
| equation for respiration | C6 H12 O6+O2------->CO2+H2O |
| chlorophyll | pigment found in chloroplast |
| aerobic | with oxygen |
| anaerobic | without oxygen |
| lactic acid | muscle soreness |
| chromosome | contain genetic info |
| organelle | tiny structure that performs specialized function in a cell |
| mitochondrion | energy source |
| chloroplast | traps sunlight |
| ribosomes | protein is made |
| endoplasmic reticulum | transports materials |
| lysosomes | digests certain materials |
| vacuoles | store materials |
