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ANIMALS 2.2 Flashcards

1
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the field of biology that deals with the
process of identifying, naming, and
classifying organisms

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TAXONOMY

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2
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“taxis”:

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ARRANGEMENTS

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3
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“nomos”

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LAWS

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4
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led to the discovery of approximately __
million species

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8.7M

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5
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____ terrestrial &____aquatic

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6.5 / 2.2

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6
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taxonomists name organisms by
assigning what types of name

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SCIENTIFIC NAME/ 2 LATIN WORDS

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7
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who has once classified
organisms with red blood and those
without

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ARISTOTLE

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8
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considered to be the father of modern
taxonomy

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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9
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who published systema naturae

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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10
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what did carolus linnaeus publish

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SYSTEMA NATURAE

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who grouped all living things into kingdoms,
such as the animal and plant kingdoms

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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12
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proposed a definition of the term species

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ERNST MAYR/ THEODOSIUS DOBZHANSKY

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13
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referred to as the _____ species
concept

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BIOLOGICAL

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14
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they are actually a group of organisms
that can interbreed and produce
fertile offspring in the natural

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SPECIES

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15
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what animals can breed with their own kind

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CHEETAHS/ MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

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16
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advocated by many scientists like Jean-
Baptiste Lamarck, Charles Darwin, and
Ernst Haeckel

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PHYLOGENETIC SPECIES

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17
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phylogeny is the evolutionary history of a
certain species

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PHYLOGENY

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18
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classifying organisms based not only on
physical similarities but also on their
ancestry and descent

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PHYLOGENETIC SPECIES

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19
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the field of taxonomy that deals with identifying the
evolutionary relationships among the many different kinds of life on Earth, including extant and extinct proposed by Charles Darwin in his on the
Origin of Species

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PHYLOGENTIC SYSTEMATICS

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20
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proposed by Charles Darwin in his On the
Origin of Species

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TREE OF LIFE

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21
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used as an analogy to demonstrate that
all species originated from one or two
species

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TREE OF LIFE

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22
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what groups are at the bottom in the tree of life

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ANCESTRAL

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23
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related species being at the _____

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BRANCHES

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24
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individual living species at the tips of
twigs

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TREE OF LIFE

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25
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Latin binomen =

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2 NAMES

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26
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present system of naming organisms

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BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

27
Q

first name is _____ that ALWAYS starts
with a _____

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GENUS/ CAPITAL LETTER

28
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second name is _____ that ALWAYS
starts with a _____

A

SPECIES/ SMALL LETTER

29
Q

This two-word name is referred to as
_____ of a particular organism

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SCIENTIFIC NAME

30
Q

scientific name are _____ if written in printed material

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ITALICIZED

31
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scientific name are _____ if written by hand

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UNDERLINED

32
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Latin words are usually _____

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DESCRIPTIVE

33
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can give clues about the
characteristics of the organism, the
place where it was first identified, or
even the person who first identified
the organism

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BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

34
Q

_____ and _____ proposed a
third domain of life that led to the
development of a new six-kingdom system

A

CARL WOESE / RALPH S WOLFE

35
Q

Carl Woese & Ralph S. Wolfe proposed a
_____ that led to the
development of a new _____

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THIRD DOMAIN OF LIFE/ SIX KINGDOM SYSTEM

36
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animals, fungi, plants, protists

37
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bacteria-like organisms living in
extreme environments

38
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true bacteria

39
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the Domain is the highest taxonomic group, before the kingdom group

living world divided into three domains

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SIX KINGDOM SYSTEM

40
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3 domains =

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2 PROKARYOTIC
1 EUKARYOTIC

41
Q

adopted to reflect the difference between
bacteria and archaea

_____ was divided into two distinct groups

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BACTERIA/ ARCHAEA/ MONERA

42
Q

true bacteria and cyanobacteria

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EUBACTERIA

43
Q

bacteria-like organisms in extreme
environments

44
Q

The living world is so diverse to the
point that it’s quite impractical and
impossible to enumerate each one of
the millions of classified organisms.

45
Q

most diverse and widespread among
the prokaryotes

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KINGDOM EUBACTERIA

46
Q

unicellular that group together as
visible clusters of individual bacterial
cells (colonies)

A

KINGDOM EUBACTERIA

47
Q

they reproduce asexually

A

KINGDOM EUBACTERIA

48
Q

producers, consumers, and
decomposers

A

KINGDOM EUBACTERIA

49
Q

_____ have ability to
cause diseases

A

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS

50
Q

secrete proteins that attack
white blood cells

A

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS

51
Q

_____ bacteria help digestive system
break down sugars

_____ into lactic acid

A

GOOD/LACTOSE

52
Q

bacteria are the most _____
organisms based on mode of
nutrition

cyano bacteria are
_____
some bacteria are
_____

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VERSTAILE / PHOTOAUTROPHS/ CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC

53
Q

bacteria perform various _____ roles
in the environment

54
Q

Rhizobium can take nitrogen from
the atmosphere to nurture green
plants

55
Q

some bacteria decompose
sewage so that the waste can be
used again as _____.

A

FERTILIZER

56
Q

first discovered in 1983 when
scientists took samples from a hot
vent on the floor of the Pacific
Ocean

A

KINGDOM ARCHAEA

57
Q

believed to be the oldest life-forms
on Earth

A

KINGDOM ARCHAEA

58
Q

once categorized with bacteria

A

KINGDOM ARCHAEA

59
Q

Archaea comes from the _____
word archaios, which means
“ancient” or “_____.”

A

GREEK/ ARCHAIOS/ PRIMITIVE

60
Q

they have unique cellular
characteristics that allow them to
survive extreme environmental
conditions

A

KINGDOM ARCHAEA

61
Q

anaerobic archaeans that release
methane as a waste product

A

METHANOGENS

62
Q

they survive in swamps, hot springs,
sewage, and intestinal tracts of
humans and ruminants

A

METHANOGENS

63
Q

kingdom eubacteria they generate products like
_____, _____, and _____

A

NITROGEN/ VITAMINS/ ANTIBIOTICS

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