Life at the Systems and Organisms Level

·        Taxonomy is the ___________________ of living things.

 

·        Lamarck thought that living things would ________________ traits over their lifetime.

 

o       These acquired characteristics could be passed to their ________________________. He used the length of the _____________________________ as an example. Lamarck’s theory can be described as use or disuse, use it or ________________.

 

·        Charles Darwin thought differently after reading an essay by Thomas Malthus. This essay discussed a struggle for ________________ that occurs when populations increase faster than the ______________ can support. Darwin used this idea and his own research to write the book _______________________________________________. This book is about natural selection. Natural selection states that living things that are best suited for the environment _________________ and leave more offspring.

 

In the space provided below list and describe each kingdom

 

Kingdom Monerans

·        This Kingdom is divided into two kingdoms _____________________________ and _____________________________.

·        This kingdom includes prokaryotic cells like __________________________.

 

·        Members of this kingdom have ____________________________.

 

1. Classified into one of three shapes:
1. cocci (spherical),  
2. bacilli ( rod shaped) 
3. spirilla (spirals)

Kingdom Protists

·        Members of this kingdom are eukaryotic and can be unicellular or ____________________.

·        Protists have the ability to move using flagella, cilia or _______________________. The ability to move is called __________________________.

·        Amoeba, Paramecium , paramecium labeled drawing and Euglena are examples. In the space below draw and label each example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specimen Name _______________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specimen Name _______________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specimen Name _______________

 

 

 

Kingdom Fungi

·         Members of this kingdom include  morels, bread mold and mushrooms

·        Fungi are __________________________ and have cell walls that contain _________________.

·        Fungi are composed of __________________, long slender filaments. A collection of hyphae is called ______________________. The mycelium allows the fungus to _______________ amounts of nutrients.

 

 

Kingdom Plants

·        Members of this kingdom are multicellular, eukaryotes with cell walls and __________________. The leaves of plants house the ___________________, which are critical for __________________________. Leaves also help regulate _____________________ and ________________ loss. Plants use _________________ to absorb water and nutrients from the soil.

 

Kingdom Animals

Members of this kingdom are multicellular and have complex organ _________________ to handle metabolic activities.