Science

• Nature


  Personality traits and abilities are in our "nature"
• Nurture


  Upbringing, environment and life experiences are "nurtured"
• Heredity


  Passing of traits
• Genetics


  Study of heredity
• Gregor Mendel


  Father of Genetics, Australian monk who discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance using pea plants
• Law of Uniformity & Dominance

  Dominant (D) trait is expressed while recessive (d) is hidden
• Law of Segregation


  Alleles segregate randomly, homozygous (DD, dd), heterozygous (Dd)
• Law of Independent Assortment

  One trait is not dependent on another
• Monohybrid Inheritance


  Passing of characteristics controlled by a single gene
• Dihybrid Inheritance


  Mating between 2 organisms that carries 2 different alleles
• Taxonomy


  Science of classifying organisms
• Kingdoms of Life

  • Kingdoms (KIDS PREFER CANDIES OVER FRIED GREEN SPINACH)
  • Domains
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
• Prokaryotic (Bacteria)


  • No nucleus, only has Cytoplasm and Ribosomes, DNA located outside, thick wall, singular chromosome
• Eukaryotic (Protists, Fungi, Animals, Plants)


  • Has nucleus, some have cells walls, other don't, larger in size, more than one chromosome
• Cell Number


  • Unicellular - single celled
  • Multicellular - many celled
• Feeding Type


  • Autotrophs / Producers
  • Heterotrophs / Consumers
  • Saprotrophs / Consumers
• Archaebacteria


  Prokaryotes, mostly autotrophic, adapted to extreme conditions, has cell walls that lack peptidoglycan
• Eubacteria


  Prokaryotes, a.k.a true bacteria, mostly heterotrophs, saprotrophs, found almost everywhere
• Protista


  Eukaryotes, single-celled/multicellular, mostly aquatic
• Protozoa Classifications


  • Amoeboids (pseudopodia)
  • Ciliates (cilia)
  • Sporozoa (non-motile)
  • Flagellates (flagella)
• Algae


  Photosynthetic, plant-like
• Slime Molds


  Absorptive, fungus-like, found in moist environments, feed on dead remains of living organisms
• Fungi


  Eukaryotes, heterotrophs (saprotrophs), mostly multicellular (except yeast) w/ cell walls containing chitin, cells have long filaments called hyphae
• Fungi


  • Jelly Fungi
  • PuffBalls
  • Mushroom
  • Yeast
• Plantae


  Eukaryotes, autotrophs, non-motile, have cell walls containing cellulose
• Plantae


  • Vascular - has tubules (passageway that transports water and food), seed - reproduces through seeds, non-seed - reproduces through spores
  • Non-Vascular - does not have tubules, remains small to adapt, can be found in moist environments