Classification Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Species?
A
a group of organisms that can
reproduce to produce fertile offspring
2
Q
What is the binomial System?
A
an internationally agreed
system in which the scientific name of an
organism is made up of two parts
3
Q
Fish:
A
- scales
- cold blooded
- Gills
- Soft eggs
4
Q
Reptiles:
A
- rough skin
- cold blooded
- leathery eggs
5
Q
Amphibians:
A
- moist, slimy skin
- cold blooded
- soft eggs
6
Q
Birds:
A
- feathers
- cold blooded
- beak
- wings
- hard shelled eggs
7
Q
mammals:
A
- hair/fur
- warm blooded
- give birth to live young
8
Q
Myriapods:
A
- more than 5 pairs of legs
- segmented body
- antennae
- long
9
Q
Crusteceans:
A
- 5 pairs of legs
- waterproof, hard exoskeleton
- claws
10
Q
Arachnids:
A
- 4 pairs of legs
- body divided into two
- piercing jaw
11
Q
Insects:
A
- body divided into 3
- one or two pairs of wings
- 3 pairs of legs
12
Q
Prokaryotes:
A
- Looped DNA
- Cell wall
- No nucleus
- Unicellular
13
Q
Protoctists:
A
- Protein coat (capsid)
- RNA or DNA
- no nucleus
- circular
14
Q
Fungi:
A
- cell walls made of Chitin
- spores
- lack photosynthesis
15
Q
Molluscs:
A
- soft body
- muscular foot for movement
- unsegmented
