4.14 Flashcards
1
Q
What are taxonomic groupings?
A
Classifications of living organisms. Eg. species, family or class.
2
Q
How do we classify organisms?
A
We organise the variety of life based on relationships between organisms using differences and similarities in phenotype and genotype, and is built around the species concept.
3
Q
What are the three main domains?
A
- Archaea
- Bacteria
- Eukaryota
4
Q
What is Archaea and name a kingdom in Archaea?
A
Archea domain is made up of bacteria-like prokaryotic organisms found in many places including extreme conditions and the soild, they are thought to be an early relatives of the eukaryotes. An example of Archaebacteria.
5
Q
Name a kingdom in bacteria
A
Eubacteria
6
Q
Name the 4 kingdoms in eukaryota
A
- Animalia
- Plantae
- Fungi
- Protista
