Chapter 10- Classification

Question 0

What does taxonomy do?

Answer 0

• provides universal names for organisms

- provides a reference for identifying organisms

Question 1

The science of classifying organisms

Answer 1

Taxonomy

Question 2

The study of the evolutionary history of organisms

Answer 2

Phylogeny

Question 3

What are the three domains?

Answer 3

Bacteria, archaea, eukarya

Question 4

Mitochondria, Cyanobacteria, proteobacteria, chloroplasts, gram positive bacteria, and thermotoga are in what domain?

Answer 4

Bacteria

Question 5

Methanogens, extreme halophiles, hyperthermophiles are in what domain?

Answer 5

Archaea

Question 6

Fungi, amebae, animals, slime mold, plants, green algae, ciliates, dinoflagellates, diatoms, euglenozoa, giardia are in what domain?

Answer 6

Eukarya

Question 7

Prokaryotes, single cell, peptidoglycan cell wall, divide by binary fission, energy from organics or inorganic chemicals or photosynthesis

Answer 7

Domain bacteria

Question 8

Prokaryotes, single cell, lack peptidoglycan cell wall, divide by binary fission, live in extreme environments

Answer 8

Domain archaea

Question 9

Methanogens

Answer 9

Live high in methane

Question 10

Halophiles

Answer 10

Live in high salt environments

Question 11

Thermophiles

Answer 11

Live in high temperature environments

Question 12

Eukaryotes, single or multicellular, divide by mitosis, divided into kingdoms

Answer 12

Domain eukarya

Question 13

Taxonomic hierarchy

Answer 13

Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 14

Scientific names…..

Answer 14

• always italicized or underlined
• —> genus capitalized/ species lowercase
• are Latinized and used worldwide
• descriptive or honor a scientist
• may include the strain