Chapter 1F So Much Unity Why So Many Species-1.3

Question 1

Species

Answer 1

• A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
• species assigned to two part name

Question 2

Genus

Answer 2

Group of species sharing unique features

Question 3

Bacteria + archeans

Answer 3

Single celled organisms

Question 4

Archaeans and prokaryotes

Answer 4

Don’t have nucleus

Question 5

Protists and eukaryotes

Answer 5

are the simplest eukaryotic organisms and contain nucleus

Protists ,plants, fungi and animals

Tree sized, multicelled and seaweeds

Question 6

Fungi

Answer 6

Multicelled, mushrooms

Eukaryotic

Decomposers, enzyme digest foods outside body

Cells absorb released nutrients ,

Question 7

Plants

Answer 7

feed biosphere

Multicelled species are on land or freshwater

Mostly photosynthetic

Feed off environment

Question 8

Animals r

Answer 8

-multicelled consumers

Ingest tissues or juices from others

Herbivores, carnivores eat meat, scavengers eat remains

Group and develop through a series which leads to adult form

Question 9

Info to know

Answer 9

• organize and retrieve info about species with classification systems
• main systems group species on basis of observable traits and evidence from close ancestors
• More important groupings above level of GENuS include PHYLUM, kingdom and domain

Question 10

Summary

Answer 10

• most inclusive levels - bacteria , archea , and eukarya

- organisms differ in their details and show tremendous variations in its traits