The Branches of Life Science | Vocabulary | The Five Characteristics of Life | Studying life |
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zoology
What is the study of animal life?
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life span
What is the amount of time an organism is likely to live called?
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Choose one organism. Using your knowledge of the characteristic all living things share, demonstrate how it is you know that your organism is a living thing. |
c. fast-moving, land animals, and long-legged
Which is an example of cheetah characteristics?
a. stripes, wings, and good house pets b. green, hard shell, and slow-moving c. fast-moving, land animals, and long-legged d. soft bodies, big head, and orange |
botany
What is the study of plant life?
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any living thing
What is an organism?
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five
How many characteristics of life are there?
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b. green, hard shell, and slow-moving
Which is an example of turtle characteristics?
a. stripes, wings, and good house pets b. green, hard shell, and slow-moving c. fast-moving, land animals, and long-legged d. soft bodies, big head, and orange |
genealogy/genetics
What is the study of how living things pass along certain features of themselves to their offspring?
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waste
What is the part of food that an organism does not use called?
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d. getting and using food, moving, and reproducing
Three characteristics of life are
a. reproducing, living at least 12 years, and dying b. getting and using food, using fire, and sleeping c. living on Earth, walking, and talking d. getting and using food, moving, and reproducing |
the study of living organisms
What is biology?
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ecology
What is the study of how living things interact with one another?
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your environment
What is everything that surrounds you called?
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reproduce
What is making more of one's own kind of organism called?
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microbiology
What part of life science would studying organisms too small to be seen with the eye alone be called?
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biology
What is the study of all organisms on Earth, including plants and animals. It is divided into five smaller fields.
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characteristic
What is a feature of a person or thing called?
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getting and using food, reproducing, moving, responding, and growing
List the five characteristics of life.
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botany
What part of life science would performing experiments on plants be a part of?
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