Chapter 9, 10-1, 10-2 Flashcards
Classiftying livings things help humans beings ____________.
improve the world
What is classification?
Classification is putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics.
Taxonomy
The science of describing, classifying, and naming organisms.
Today, the system of classification is similar to the system developed by_______________.
Carols Linnaeus
Before the 1960s scientists divided organisms into what two groups?
Scientists divided all organisms in either plants, or animals.
__________________, a Swedish scientists, created the first organized, modern taxonomy.
Carolus Linnaeus
How many levels of classification do scientists use today?
8
All organisms are classified into _______________.
One of three domains
Each domain of organisms are divided into several _______.
Kingdoms
The smallest, most specific classification level is ______.
Species
What is the order of classification from largest to smallest?
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Organisms only have _________ scientific name(s).
1
How was maiming different before Carolus Linnaeus came along? Why was the past method inefficient?
Before Carolus Linnaeus created his maiming system, scientific names were sometimes up to even twelve words long. It was difficult for scientists to write such long names for each organism.
The scientific name for the Asian elephant is Elephas maximus.
Elephas indicated the _______.
Genus
All scientific names have _________ word(s).
Two
The ______ is first and it is ________.
Genus, capitalized
The ________ is second and it begins with a ________ letter.
Species, lowercase
When typing, scientific names are ________ and when writing, they are _________.
Italicized, underined
Scientific names are usually in the two languages ___________ and _________.
Latin, Greek
Scientists use dichotomous keys to ________.
Identify organisms
What domain is made up of unicellular prokaryotes which live in extremes?
Domain archaea
What is the kingdom that fans out from domain archaea?
Kingdom archaebacteria
Archaea use energy from ________ to make _______. This means they are _________.
Chemical reactions, food, producers
Which domain is made up of unicellular prokaryotes?
Domain bacteria
Domain bacteria has a kingdom called ____________.
Kingdom eubacteria
Bacteria are very diverse. They can be __________ or _______.
Photosynthetic, parasitic
The domain eukarya are __________ and they have _____________. This domain has _______ domain(s).
Eukaryotes, nucleus and other encased organs, 4
Tia the kingdom Protista unicellular, multi cellular, or both?
Protista can are unicellular but their few simple ones that are multi cellular.
Kingdom Protista are ________.
Diverse
Amoeba, see weed and algae are all in the kingdom _______.
Protista
Kingdom ______ consist of organisms that agre decomposers that have cell walls and are multi cellular.
Fungi
Yeats, molds, and mushrooms are all examples of _____.
Fungi
Kingdom plantae is which of the following?
A. Multicellular
B. Unicellular
C. Producers
D. Always green
A and C
Plantae make food by using _____.
Photosynthesis
Mosses, flowering plant, and trees are ______
Plantaes
Multi cellular organisms which do not posses cell walls are in the kingdom ___.
Animalia
Animalia are ______.
Consumers
Jellyfish, insects, and mammals are all ___.
Animalia
Some producers use photosynthesis while other are ______.
Cyanobacteria
Mycobacteria
Breakdown dead trees and leaves
Mycetocytes
Cells that house bacteria
Symbiotic relationship
Relationship where two organisms live near each other and at least one benefits
Botulism
A fatal food poisoning
Bioremediation
using living organisms in treatment of hazardous wastes
Lyric cycle
The processor viruses reproducing
Lysogenic cycle
When a virus injects its nuclei acids but does not reproduce until conditions are better
