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| There are only around 1 mil. different species of living organisms on Earth | False |
| Living organisms are broken down into which seven major cat. | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species |
| Which on of these categories is the broadest? | Kingdom (domain) |
| List the five kingdoms. Remember we now have more kingdoms within 3 domains | Monera, Fungi, Plantae, Anamalia, Protista |
| What organisms are believed to be the earliest forms of life? To what kingdom to they belong? | Blue-green algae Kingdom-Monera/Archaea |
| _______cells have a nucleus and distinct structures such as mitochondria and chloroplasts within the cell membrane | eukaryotic |
| Blue-green algae are found as individual cells or in __________ | colonies |
| Most bacteria are self-sufficient and o not depend on other living things for food | False |
| Name two kinds of food that depend on bacteria for their production | Cheese, Yogurt |
| Name one deadly bacterial disease. | pneumonia |
| Most _____ move around on their own and are classifiedlargely according to their means of locomotion | protist |
| Fungi are classified primarily according to their cellular structures | False |
| _____ is a medicine produced from fungi and is used as an antibiotic | penicillin |
| What is formed by a symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae? | lichen |
| Plants are classified into two broad categories. | vascular and nonvascular |
| Algae are usually found in dry, arid climates | False |
| _______ are vascular plants that depend on water to reproduce | ferns |
| What are the sex cells of algae and ferns called? | gametes |
| The most sophisticated kind of vascular plants are called | gymnio sperms and angio spersm |
| Grasses and grains usually depend on the wind and awter to distribute their pollen | True |
| Angiosperms typically have ______ leaves whereas gymnosperms have ______ needle-like leaves. | broad, needle-like |
| Angiosperm reproduction begins when pollen lands on the pistil of the flower, which is located below the bollen producing structures called the _______ | stamen |
| The seeds of angiosperms are distributed by animals far from the parent plant | True |
| Which typer of leaf generally absorbs more sunlight? | broad angiosperms |
| Angiosperms are divided into two categories | classdicots and moncots |
| Wheat, barley, and rye are all examples of _______ whereas grapes, strawberries, and apple trees are examples of ________ | monocots, dicots |
| Animals are divided into two major categories | vertibrate and invertibrate |
| The ocean is filled with vertebrates and invertebrates | true |
| What are the most primitive forms of animal life? | sponges |
| Coelentrates, such as ______ have stinging tentacles and drift in ocean currents | jellyfish |
| Give on example of an arthropod | crabs |
| Octopus and squid move by jet propulsion | True |
| All fish are cold-blooded and breathe through gills | True |
| Give 3 ways which reptiles differ from amphibians | 1) leather-like eggs on land (reptiles) vs. membrane-like eggs laid in water (amphibians) 2) dry skin vs. slick wet skin 3) resperatory systems |
| Birds are able to fly efficiently because they are _________, they have a _______ heart, and they have _______ that provide lift necessary for flight. | reptile origins, 4 chambered, feathers |
| Most mammals give birth to live young | True |
