Characteristics Of Living Organisms Details Flashcards

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Components of the taxonomic system(from greatest to lowest)

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-Kingdom
-Phylum
-Class
-Order
-Family
-Genus
-Species

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Main groups of vertebrates

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-Mammals
-Fish
-Amphibians
-Birds
-Reptiles

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Main groups of arthropods

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-Insects
-Crustaceans
-Myriapods
-Arachnids

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Features of fish

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-Have gills
-Have fins
-Scaly skin

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Features of amphibians

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-Moist, scaleless skin
-Eggs laid in water, larva(tadpole) lives in water
-Adult lives on land
-Larva has gills, adult has lungs

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Features of birds

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-Lay eggs with hard shells
-Endothermic(capable of internally generating heat)
-Heart has four chambers

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Features of reptiles

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-Scaly skin
-Lay eggs with rubbery shells

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Features of mammals

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-Have hair/fur
-Have a placenta
-Endothermic
-Young feed on milk from mammary glands
-Heart has four chambers

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General characteristics of arthropods

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-Several pairs of jointed legs
-Exoskeleton

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Characteristics of insects

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-Three pairs of jointed legs
-Two pairs of wings
-Breathe through tracheas
-Body divided into head, thorax and abdomen

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Characteristics of crustaceans

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-More than four pairs of jointed legs
-Breathe through gills

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Characteristics of myriapods

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-Body consists of many segments
-Each segment has jointed legs

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Characteristics of arachnids

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-Four pairs of jointed legs
-Breathe through gills(called book lungs)

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The kingdoms

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-Animal
-Plant
-Fungus
-Prokaryote
-Protoctist

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Features of animals

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-Multicellular
-Have a nucleus but no cell wall or chloroplasts

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Features of plants

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-Multicellular
-Cells have a nucleus, cell walls made of cellulose and often contain chloroplast
-Feed by photosynthesis
-May have roots, stems or leaves

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Features of fungi

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-Usually multicellular
-Have nuclei
-Have cell walls(not made of cellulose)
-Don’t have chlorophyll
-Feed by saprophytic or parasitic nutrition

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Features of protoctista

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-Multicellular or unicellular
-Have a nucleus
-May/may not have a cell wall or chloroplasts
-Some feed by photosynthesis, others feed on organic substances

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Features of prokaryotes

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-Often unicellular
-Have no nucleus
-Have cell walls(made of cellulose)
-Have no mitochondria

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Features of ferns

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-Have roots, stems, and leaf-like fronds
-Reproduce using spores(no flowers/seeds)
-No waxy cuticle layer on leaves

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Features of flowering plants

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-Have roots, stems and flowers
-Reproduce using seeds found in fruits

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Types of flowering plants

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-Monocotyledon
-Dicotyledon

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Features of monocotyledons

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-Long leaves with parallel veins
-Petals in groups of 3
-Branching roots

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Features of dicotyledons

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-Broad leaves with branching veins
-Petals in groups of 4 or 5
-Tap roots

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Features of viruses

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-Not living things
-Take over a host cell’s metabolic pathways to make multiple copies of themselves
-Structure is simply genetic material inside a protein coat