| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | a feature of an organism that helps it survive in its surroundings |
| classification | the sorting of things into groups of similar items |
| fungus | an organism that has cell walls but does not have chloroplasts |
| genus | a groups of organisms that share major characteristics and are therefore closely related |
| protists | a microscopic organism that may have characteristics of plants, animals, or fungi |
| species | a single group of organisms that can reprise among their young |
| chloroplasts | make plants food through process of photosynthesis |
| pseudopodium | false feet, allows protists, amoeba, to move |
| bacteria | does not have a nucleus |
| paramecium | shoe or slipper shaped cell, singled-celled, move with cilia |
| slime mold | makes up most of the fungus like protists; characteristics of fungi, but not a fungus |
| sea urchin | related to starfish |
| This organism has no nucleus | bacteria |
| These organisms are classified by the presence or absence of vascular tissue | plants |
| This is single-celled protists, usually having chloroplasts, lacking cell walls, but able to move | euglena |
| An organisms scientific name consists of both its genus and | species |
| Both plants and fungi are unique in that they have | cell walls |
| Vertebrates are animals with | backbones |
| Inter vertebrates are animals without | Backbones |
| Paramecium move by | tiny hairs called cilia |
| What system is used for basic classifying organisms | Von Linnean |
| Euglena move by "tails" called | flagella |
| A dichotomous key is what | made up of choices that guide you to the correct name of the item or organism you want to identify |
| What language do all scientists understand | Latin |
| What are the seven levels of classification | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
