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Living Things
Science Explorer, Bacteria-Plants, Chap.1, 1-3.
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7th Grade
12/18/2007

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Chemicals of Life.
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Water, carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids.
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All living things have...
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a cellular organization, contain similar chemicals, use energy, respond to their surroundings, grow and develop, and reproduce.
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Cell.
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Basic unit of structure and function in an organism.
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Stimulus.
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Change in surroundings that cause organism(s) to react. Includes temperature, light, sound, etc.
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Response.
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Action or change in behavior.
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Development.
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Process of change during life to produce more complex organisms.
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Spontaneous Generation.
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Living things can arise from non-living sources.
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Francesco Redi.
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1600s. Italian Doctor carried out experiment to disprove spontaneous generation.
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Louis Pasteur.
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1800s. Boiling water helped convince people spontaneous generation was untrue.
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Needs of Living Things.
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Food, Water, Living Space, Stable Internal Conditions. SICkWafFLeS
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Classification.
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Grouping things based on similarities.
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Taxonomy.
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Study of how living things are classified.
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Carolus Linnaeus.
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1750s. Created 2 part scientific name.
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Binomial Nomenclature.
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2-part naming system.
Bi=2
Nomial/Nomen=Names.
Clature.
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Genus.
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First part of scientific name. Classification grouping of closely related animals.
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Species.
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Second part of scientific name. Group of similar organisms that can mate with each other.
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Levels of Classification.
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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Donkey Kong Pest Control OF Gamer Sony.
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Taxonomic Keys.
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Determines identity of organisms.
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How are organisms placed into domains and kingdoms?
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Cell type, ability to make food, and number of cells in bodies.
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3 Domains.
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Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
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Bacteria.
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Unicellular Prokaryotes and Auto/Heterotrophs.
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Archaea.
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Same as bacteria, with differences in structure/chemical makeup.
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Eukarya.
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Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals.
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Fungi.
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Heterotrophs. Every other factor varies.
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Protists.
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All factors vary.
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