biology flashcards #3

Question 1

Classification

Answer 1

action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics

Question 2

Taxonomy

Answer 2

branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics

Question 3

Kingdom

Answer 3

country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen

Question 4

Phylum

Answer 4

principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom

Question 5

Class

Answer 5

set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality.

Question 6

Order

Answer 6

arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Question 7

Family

Answer 7

group consisting of parents and children living together in a household

Question 8

Genus

Answer 8

principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family

Question 9

Species

Answer 9

group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding

Question 10

Animalia

Answer 10

multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom they can move spontaneously and independently at some point in their lives.

Question 11

Chordata

Answer 11

animals having at least at some stage of development a notochord, dorsally situated central nervous system, and gill clefts and including the vertebrates, lancelets, and tunicates.

Question 12

Mammalia

Answer 12

warm-blooded higher vertebrates as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans.

Question 13

Primate

Answer 13

monkeys,

Question 14

Hominid

Answer 14

humans and their fossil ancestors

Question 15

Linnaeus

Answer 15

current system for classifying plants and animals.

Question 16

Dichotomous Key

Answer 16

tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish

Question 17

Domain

Answer 17

area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government.

Question 18

Archaebacteria

Answer 18

that are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organization. They are now believed to constitute an ancient intermediate group between the bacteria and eukaryotes.

Question 19

Bacteria

Answer 19

member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease

Question 20

Protist

Answer 20

any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular and sometimes colonial or less often multicellular and that typically include the protozoans, most algae, and often some fungi (as slime molds)

Question 21

Fungi

Answer 21

group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.

Question 22

Plantae

Answer 22

axonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants