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Biology - Test II - Diversity of Life
Learning Standards and associated vocabulary:
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Explain what living things are using 7-9 general characteristics that
distinguish living from nonliving things.
Growth, reproduction, response to the environment, organization, energy
use, evolution, cell(s)
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List several activities that living things perform.
Nutrition, ingestion, digestion, transport, cellular respiration(aerobic
and anaerobic), synthesis, assimilation, growth, excretion, regulation,
reproduction(asexual and sexual), metabolism(anabolic and catabolic)
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Name the five kingdoms and describe the characteristics of each.
Unicellular, multicellular, prokaryotic, eukaryotic, autotrophic,
heterotrophic
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plant Animal
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Demonstrate how to write scientific names.
Binomial nomenclature
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List the seven levels of classification in order.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, species
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Define the term species.
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List and describe the major groups of Monera, Fungi, and Protists.
Archaebacteria, Chemoautotrophs, Cyanobacteria, Enterobacteria
Green algae, Brown algae, Red algae, Diatoms, Dinoflagellates, Euglenoids
Zygomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Deuteromycetes
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Name and give examples of the major plant divisions.
Bryophytes, Tracheophytes. Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, vascular tissue,
spores, seeds
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Name and give examples of all the major invertebrate phyla.
Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusca,
Arthropoda, Echinodermata
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Name and identify the characteristics of the seven classes of vertebrates
Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Urochordata, Subphylum Cephalochordata,
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Agnatha, Chondrichthes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves,
Mammalia
Essay Question: What are the different kinds of living things and what
do they have in common with me?
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