Categories & Traits of Familar Organisms Flashcards
What is Taxonomy?
the system by which all living things are categorized. (comprised of the following systems) way they divide then with similarities in traits and lineage.
What are the specific classifications in the Taxonomy system?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
How to remember the order- King Philip Comes Over For Good Soup
What is Kingdom in the Taxonomy system?
broadest category of taxonomy, stuff life plant kingdom, animal kingdom. the rest goes in order of broad to least broad.
What is the butterfly life cycle
Four major stages to life-cycle
egg–> larva –> pupa or chrysalis (undergoes metamorphosis) –> lmago (adult butterfly)
What is the frog life cycle?
egg–>tadpole —> (converts breathing through gills through nostrils. Gills go away and breaths through its lungs) Frogs (goes from water to amphibian land creature)
Mouse life cycle
mammal, live birth, nursing young, warm blooded, all mammals have hair.