SCIENCE DAY1 Flashcards
(105 cards)
Study of life
BIOLOGY
Hierarchy of life
ATOM
MOLECULE
ORGANELLE
CELL
TISSUES
ORGAN
SYSTEM
ORGANISM
Basic unit of MATTER
ATOM
Basic unit of LIFE
CELL
Study of cell
Cytology
Two types of cell
Prokaryotic cell
Eukaryotic cell
Cell that do not contain a nucleus
Prokaryotic cell
Organism that has prokaryotic cell
Bacteria and archaebacteria
Cell that contains nucleus
Eukaryotic cell
Organisms with eukaryotic cells
Protist
Fungi
Animal
Plant
What do you call the hair-like structure of cell
Cilia
What do you call the tail of the cell
Flagella/flagellum
He discovered cell from a cork made from bark of an oak tree
Robert Hooke
He coined the term cell (cellulae) meaning small room
Robert Hooke
He discovered the cell’s nucleus
Robert Brown
Not living, inert chemicals, has capsid, no cell
Virus
Protein shell that protects the virus’ DNA or RNA
CAPSID
Study of classification and naming of organisms
Taxonomy
8 levels of taxonomic classifications
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Father of MODERN TAXONOMY
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
He proposed the BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE (SCIENTIFIC NAMES)
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
He coined HOMO SAPIENS for human
Carolus LINNAEUS
Under DOMAIN ARCHAEA
KINGDOM ARCHAEBACTERIA
What kingdom: they live in various places, some even in the most severe environments (they are not a bacteria)
Kingdom Archaebacteria