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Biological classifications Flashcards

1
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The diversity of life comes from which 3 categories/classifications of organisms?

A

Fungi, Plantae & Animalia

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What classification is listed below Plantae directly?

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Protista

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3
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What bacteria category falls below protista?

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Archeabacteria

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4
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What bacteria category is related to archeabacteria?

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Eubacteria

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5
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What 5 factors make up an animal?

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  1. Eukaryotic organism
  2. No cell walls
  3. Multicellular
  4. Motile during part or all of life
  5. ingestion feeders
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T/F: Animals make up a large relative number of named species in regards to relative species richness

Animals include beetles, flies, wasps, butterflies, invertebrates, etc

A

True

Beetles - 20%
Flies - 9%
Wasps - 8%
Butterflies & moths - 7%
Other insects - 13%
Other invertebrates - 12%

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FITB: Plants/algae make up ___% of the relative numbers of named species

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18%

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T/F: Fungi make up 4% of named species and other organisms make up 6%

A

True

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Biological Classifications

Why do we classify organisms?

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To put things in boxes

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Biological Classifications

What is taxonomy?

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Naming things & categorizing them respectively

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Biological Classifications

What is the study of phylogenetics?

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Study of ancestry; family tree; evolutionary history

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Biological Classifications

What is the study of cladistics?

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Methodology of phylogenetics

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Evolutionary Relationships Among Domains

T/F: Archea did not come first historically

A

False! They did

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Evolutionary Relationships Among Domains

What are the 3 domains?

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  1. Archea
  2. Bacteria
  3. Eukarya
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Evolutionary Relationships Among Domains

T/F: A cladogram shows evolutionary relationships with a common ancestor with now existing domains

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True!

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16
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Evolution of Classification

Who first classified organisms?

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Aristotle

17
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Hierarchical System of Organism Classification

T/F: You should never write scientific names of species/organisms in italics or underline (if typing)

A

False! You must ALWAYS do this!

18
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

List in order the taxonomic hierarchy

Start with singular

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A
  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
19
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

List in order the taxonomic hierarchy

Now do sigular & plural

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  • Domain - Domains
  • Kingdom - Kingdoms
  • Phylum - Phyla
  • Class - Classes
  • Order - Orders
  • Family - Families
  • Genus - Genera
  • Species - Species
20
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What is symmetry?

A

When something has the same shape, size and position on both sides of a dividing line

21
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What are eubacteria?

A

A domain that contains all prokaryotes except archeabacteria

22
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What are archea?

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One of two prokaryotic domains of life that lives in extreme environments

23
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What is entymology?

A

The study of insects

24
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What is protozoology?

A

The study of protozoa

25
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T/F: Insects “shed” their skin

A

False! They molt their skin

26
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How do we categorize animals?

5 categories

A
  1. Symmetry
  2. Organizational complexity
  3. Types of embryonic tissues present
  4. Developmental pattern
  5. Segmentation
27
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How do we categorize animals? pt 2

A

Increasing complexity in Body Plans (“Bauplane”) reflects evolutionary development through animal history

28
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What does primitive mean?

A

Ancestor

29
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What is the opposite of primitive?

A

Eurot/Eurod

30
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What are the 3 types of Symmetry called?

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  1. Spherical
  2. Radial
  3. Bilateral
31
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Body segmentation occurs in how many phyla?

A

3

32
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What does an animal need to do to “make a living?”

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  1. Survive
  2. Grow
  3. Reproduce
33
Q

What is homeostasis?

A

The maintenence of internal conditions

34
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T/F: It is not required for protists and all other organisms to perform homeostasis

A

False!

35
Q

Organ Systems

What are some of the 4 main organ systems?

S, M, INTE, D

A
  1. Skeletal
  2. Muscle
  3. Integumentary
  4. Digestive
36
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Organ Systems

What are the other 4 organ systems?

N, E, C, L

A
  1. Nervous
  2. Endocrine
  3. Circulatory
  4. Lymphatic
37
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What are the last 4 main organ system types?

E/O, G-E(R), I, REPR

A
  1. Excretory/Osmoregulatory
  2. Gas-exchange (Respiratory)
  3. Immune
  4. Reproductive

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