Chapter 1 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Define Kingdom
The largest category in the classification system
Define Cell:
The basis of an organism;carries on the functions of life
Define stimuli
Anything that causes change in an organism
Define response.
Reaction to stimuli
define control
What the outcome of the test is compared to
Define Variable:
Something that changes in an. Experiment
What is an organism?
Any living thing
A series of procedures for solving the problems is called…
Scientific method
What is the smallest category in the Classification system?
Species
What is classification?
Placing similar items together
What can organisms of the same species do?
They can mate and produce fertile offspring
What is the evolutionary history of an animal called?
Phylogeny
What is a genus
A group of similar species
Linnaeus Developed what two word naming system?
Binomial nomenclature
The first word identifies what? Ex: CANIS lupus
The genus of an Organism
The second word in a scientific name might tell you what?
Where is found, who discovered it, what it it looks like
What did Aristotle decide more than 2000 years ago?
That any organism can because classified as an animal or plant
Living things….
Respond
What is homeostasis?
The ability to control what’s happening On the inside no matter what’s happening on the outside.
Aristotle’s animal groups including what?
Hair or no hair,four or few legs,and blood or no blood.
In addition to structural characteristics modern scientist also use what?
Similarities and external and internal features
