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ANIMALS 2.2 Flashcards

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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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“taxis”:

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ARRANGEMENTS

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“nomos”

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LAWS

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led to the discovery of approximately __
million species

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8.7M

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____ terrestrial &____aquatic

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6.5 / 2.2

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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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who has once classified
organisms with red blood and those
without

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ARISTOTLE

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considered to be the father of modern
taxonomy

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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who published systema naturae

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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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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proposed a definition of the term species

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ERNST MAYR/ THEODOSIUS DOBZHANSKY

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referred to as the _____ species
concept

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BIOLOGICAL

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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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what animals can breed with their own kind

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CHEETAHS/ MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

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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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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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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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proposed by Charles Darwin in his On the
Origin of Species

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TREE OF LIFE

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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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what groups are at the bottom in the tree of life

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ANCESTRAL

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related species being at the _____

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BRANCHES

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individual living species at the tips of
twigs

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TREE OF LIFE

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Latin binomen =
2 NAMES
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present system of naming organisms
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
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first name is _____ that ALWAYS starts with a _____
GENUS/ CAPITAL LETTER
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second name is _____ that ALWAYS starts with a _____
SPECIES/ SMALL LETTER
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This two-word name is referred to as _____ of a particular organism
SCIENTIFIC NAME
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scientific name are _____ if written in printed material
ITALICIZED
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scientific name are _____ if written by hand
UNDERLINED
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Latin words are usually _____
DESCRIPTIVE
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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
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
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_____ and _____ proposed a third domain of life that led to the development of a new six-kingdom system
CARL WOESE / RALPH S WOLFE
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Carl Woese & Ralph S. Wolfe proposed a _____ that led to the development of a new _____
THIRD DOMAIN OF LIFE/ SIX KINGDOM SYSTEM
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animals, fungi, plants, protists
EUKARYA
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bacteria-like organisms living in extreme environments
ARCHAEA
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true bacteria
BACTERIA
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the Domain is the highest taxonomic group, before the kingdom group living world divided into three domains
SIX KINGDOM SYSTEM
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3 domains =
2 PROKARYOTIC 1 EUKARYOTIC
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adopted to reflect the difference between bacteria and archaea _____ was divided into two distinct groups
BACTERIA/ ARCHAEA/ MONERA
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true bacteria and cyanobacteria
EUBACTERIA
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bacteria-like organisms in extreme environments
ARCHAEA
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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.
WAAAW
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most diverse and widespread among the prokaryotes
KINGDOM EUBACTERIA
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unicellular that group together as visible clusters of individual bacterial cells (colonies)
KINGDOM EUBACTERIA
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they reproduce asexually
KINGDOM EUBACTERIA
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producers, consumers, and decomposers
KINGDOM EUBACTERIA
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_____ have ability to cause diseases
BACTERIAL PATHOGENS
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secrete proteins that attack white blood cells
BACTERIAL PATHOGENS
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_____ bacteria help digestive system break down sugars _____ into lactic acid
GOOD/LACTOSE
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bacteria are the most _____ organisms based on mode of nutrition cyano bacteria are _____ some bacteria are _____
VERSTAILE / PHOTOAUTROPHS/ CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC
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bacteria perform various _____ roles in the environment
USEFUL
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Rhizobium can take nitrogen from the atmosphere to nurture green plants
RHIZOBIUM
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some bacteria decompose sewage so that the waste can be used again as _____.
FERTILIZER
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first discovered in 1983 when scientists took samples from a hot vent on the floor of the Pacific Ocean
KINGDOM ARCHAEA
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believed to be the oldest life-forms on Earth
KINGDOM ARCHAEA
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once categorized with bacteria
KINGDOM ARCHAEA
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Archaea comes from the _____ word archaios, which means “ancient” or “_____.”
GREEK/ ARCHAIOS/ PRIMITIVE
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they have unique cellular characteristics that allow them to survive extreme environmental conditions
KINGDOM ARCHAEA
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anaerobic archaeans that release methane as a waste product
METHANOGENS
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they survive in swamps, hot springs, sewage, and intestinal tracts of humans and ruminants
METHANOGENS
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kingdom eubacteria they generate products like _____, _____, and _____
NITROGEN/ VITAMINS/ ANTIBIOTICS
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