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What is life? Correct answer-there is no definitive answer
what are the 7 characteristics of a living organism? Correct answer-1. adaptation and
revolution
2. maintaining homeostasis
3.responds to the environment
4. the use of raw energy and material
5. grows and reproduce
6. composed of cells
7. contains nucleic acids, proteins, cards, and lipids
all cells come from where? Correct answer-preexisting cells
define cells Correct answer-smallest unit of life
define atoms Correct answer-a unit of matter that cannot be Broken down further
define molecules Correct answer-the smallest fundamental unit of chemical compounds
define unicellular Correct answer-single cell
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define multicellular Correct answer-trillions of cells
define metabolism Correct answer-all chemical reactions that occur within the cells of
living things
Define homeostasis Correct answer-Maintaining a stable internal environment
Define natural selection Correct answer-organisms that inherit helpful traits to reproduce
more successfully organisms
define adaptive traits Correct answer-traits that help organisms survive and reproduce in
its natural environment
Linnaean taxonomic system Correct answer-From biggest to smallest: Domain, Kingdom,
Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
the analogy for Linnaean Correct answer-Do
Kings
Play
Chess
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On
Fine
Gold
Sand
the 3 domains in Linnaean Taxonomy Correct answer-Bacteria
Archaea
Eukaryota
Why are viruses not alive? Correct answer-no organelles
cannot make proteins
cannot reproduce on their own
What is the size of a virus? Correct answer-1/100 the size of a bacterial cell
what is the domain of a brown bear? Correct answer-Eukarya
what is the kingdom of a brown bear Correct answer-anamalia
what is the phylum of a brown bear? Correct answer-chordata