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Unit Review

For the test, you should:

1. Know the meaning of the following vocabulary words (to review them, look them up in the readings or the glossary, or even better, use your notes in your journal).

• animal-like

• bacteria

• cell

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

• fungus

• kingdom

• many-celled organism

• moneran

• nucleus

• one-celled organism

• organism

• parasite

• plant-like

• protist

• spore

• virus

2.  For each kingdom we studied in this chapter (protists, fungi, and monerans) and for viruses, you need to know:

• Whether the members of each kingdom are one-celled, many-celled, or not made of cells at all.
• What the traits of each kingdom are: how they reproduce, and how they get energy.
• What main types are in each kingdom
• Examples of each main type.
• How members of each kingdom are helpful and harmful.

3.  For organisms in general, you should know:

• The difference between plant-like and animal-like organisms
• How one-celled organisms are different from many-celled organisms.

4.  You should be able to compare and contrast members of different kingdoms. That is, you should be able to tell how two kingdoms are alike and how they are different.

5.  You should be able to talk about life on Earth - what it's made out of, the definition of an organism, and how organisms can be so different in shape, size, and behavior and yet so similar in their "activities of life." You need to show you understand why scientists argue about whether some things are "living" or not.

6.  In addition, you should review the "stretch" notes in your journal. One five-point question on the test is always from this information.

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