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Name the 2 types of microscopes
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Light
Electron |
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What year was bacteria discovered by Leeuwenhook?
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1675
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Robert Hooke first used the term cell in which year
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1665
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In 1933 Ernst Ruska builds the first _________ microscope
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electron
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Define organelle
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little organs with in a cell that have a purpose
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What does the cell membrane do?
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encloses the cytoplasm and gives a cell its shape
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What does the nucleus do?
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Control centre for the cell
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What is the purpose of the cytoplasm?
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Jelly like substance within the cell that contains glucose which is needed for chemical reactions to occur.
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Name 3 organelles that a plant cell has that an animal cell does not.
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Cell Wall
Chloroplast Vacuole |
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Cells belonging to the protista kingdom have a ____________
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nucleus
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Monera do not have a _____________
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nucleus
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Give an example of an organism from the protista kingdom
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Ameoba
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The outer most layer of the earth
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crust
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The part of the earth that lies underneath the crust.
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mantle
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The part of the earth that is made up of molten iron and nickel
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outer core
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Solid layer of nickel and iron that has temperatures over 7000 degrees celsius.
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inner core
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Name the terrestrial planets
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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Name the gas giants
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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Who am I?
One day on me is 59 days long. One year is 88 days long. I have no moons. |
Mercury
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Who am I?
One day is 243 earth days long. One year is 225 earth days. Temperature is 450 degrees celsius I have no moons |
venus
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How many satellites does Mars have?
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2
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The great red spot on jupiter is actually a _____________
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Hurricane
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What are the rings around saturn made up of?
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Ice covered rock which orbit the planet.
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Why does Uranus appear blue?
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Due to the methane gas in the atmosphere.
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Who am I?
I have 13 satellites My surface temperature is -220 degrees celsius |
Neptune
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Who am I?
I am made up of mainly hydrogen. I am a star. |
Sun
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The earth is on a tilt of how many degrees?
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23.5
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the 7 characteristics of a living thing are:
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Moves
Responds Respire Assimilate excrete reproduce grow |
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What is a dichotomous key
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A key used to classify things where there are only 2 choices
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Name the 5 kingdoms
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Monera
Protista Animalia Plantae Fungi |
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What is the difference between fungi and plantae?
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Plantae can make its own food as it has chlorophyll.
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If 2 animals of the same species have the same _______ they can reproduce but will create infertile offspring
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genus
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define exoskeleton.
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skeleton on the outside of the body
crab |
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What type of animal am I?
I am in an invertebrate. I have joints in my leg. Ant |
Arthropod
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What type of animal am I?
I am in an invertebrate. I have no legs. I have a shell Snail |
Molluscs
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An example of an echinoderm
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sea urchin
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An example of an cnidarian
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jellyfish
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An example of an annelid
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earthworm
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An example of a porifera
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sea sponge
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Characteristics of a fish
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body temp. not constant
has gills |
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An example of a reptile
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lizard
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an example of an amphibian
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frog
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3 types of Australian mammals
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Placentae
monotreme marsupial |