Classification etc.

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What are the 5 kingdoms?
-Animalia -Plantae -Fungi -Proctoctista -Prokaryote
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Which kingdoms have multicellular organisms?
-Animalia -Plantae -Fungi
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Which kingdoms have organisms with a cell wall?
-Plantae -Fungi
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Which kingdom has organisms that feed heterotrophically?
-Animalia
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What does saphrophytic mean?
Digesting food outside of the body
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What are classified as non living and are not in the kingdoms?
Viruses
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What is the main characteristic of the phylum chordata?
A supporting rod running the length of the body - an example of this being the backbone in vertebrates
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What are the 3 ways organisms can absorb oxygen?
-Skin -Gills -Lungs
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How can vertabrates be classified according to their thermoregulation?
-Homeotherms -Poikilotherms
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Name two extreme enviroments
-Deep sea hydrothermal vents -Polar regions
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Name two types of variation
-Continuous -Discontinuous
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Name two reasons for variation within species
-Genes -Enviroment
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What evidence can be used to support Darwin's theory of evolution?
DNA research and the emergence of resistant organisms support Darwin's theory
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What is inside the nucleus?
Chromosomes
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What are alleles?
Alternative forms of genes
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What does dominant mean?
A stronger allele that masks the effect of the weaker allele
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What does recessive mean?
A weaker allele thats only expressed if the dominant allele is not present
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What does homozygous mean?
The same alleles for a gene
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What does heterozygous mean?
Different alleles for the same gene
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What is your phenotype?
The expression of a particular trait
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What is your genotype?
The set of alleles that determine a characteristic
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