Chapter 1 & 2 Vocab Flashcards
Animalia
animal kingdom, the division of life forms that include all living and extinct animals
Aves
class for birds
Binomial nomenclature
Linnaeus system of naming species, Latin
Chordata
phylum with four distinctive characteristics
Fungi
plant kingdom including the molds, yeasts, and fungi that obtain their food by absorption and that lack chlorophyll
Invertebrates
arthropods/worms, animals without backbones
Mammalia
vertebrates that possess mammary glands, have a body that is more or less covered with hair, and posses a well developed brain
Monera
kingdom including the bacterial organisms that lack a true nucleus in the cell and reproduce by fission
Notochord
flexible cord of cells in the embryo stage of growth that eventually becomes the vertebra
Osteichthyes
bony fish/ live in water, have permanent gills, fins, and scales
Pharyngeal
throat area gill slits
Placental mammals
mammals that have a placenta through which the embryo and fetus are nourished while in the uterus
Plantae
plant kingdom, including the multicellular photosynthesizing organisms, higher plants, and multicellular algae
Protista
kingdom including the single-celled or microscopic animals and single- celled algae
Reptilia
class that includes snakes, lizards, turtles
Taxa
7 categories of linnaeus’s classification system that include kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
Taxonomy
science that is concerned with the naming and classification of organisms
Trinomial nomenclature
below rank of species, have three parts their names
Vertebrate
amphibians/reptiles, animals that have a segmented spinal column
