Classification Flashcards
Who created the classification system?
Carl Linnaeus.
How many domains are there?
Three.
Which domain contains plants, animals, and fungi?
Eukarya.
Which 2 domains contain microscopic living things?
Bacteria and Archaea.
What kingdom do Zoologists study?
Animal.
What kingdom do Botanists study?
Plant.
What kingdom do Mycologists study?
Fungi
What 2 kingdoms do Microbiologists study?
Monera and Prostit.
True or False? All animals get their energy by consuming other living things.
True.
Classifying animals into vertebrates and invertebrates looks at whether or not the animal has a ___________
Backbone.
What is an internal skeleton called in animals?
Endoskeleton.
True / False. Some mammals are warm blooded.
False. All animals are warm blooded.
What vertebrate class has scales, lays eggs, and is cold-blooded?
Reptiles.
Invertebrates have an external skeleton called the:
Exoskeleton.
What invertebrates have many legs?
Arthropods.
What invertebrates have soft bodies that have a head and a foot region with a hard outer shell?
Moluscs.
What invertebrates have rings around their body which include species of worms?
Annelids.
What group of invertebrates have tentacles that sting and are venomous?
Cnidarians.
What kingdom has living things that make their food using photosynthesis and can’t move?
Plants.
(True / False) Plants can be classified by if they reproduce using seeds or spores.
True.
Are Angiosperms plants that produce seeds?
Yes.
(True / False) Angiosperms are split into Monocots and Monodots.
False. Angiosperms are split into Monocots and Dicots.
If a seed grows one cotyledon, is it a Monocot or Dicot?
It’s a Monocot.
If a seed grows two cotyledon, is it a Monocot or Dicot?
It’s a Dicot.
What type of leaves do Monocots have?
Leaves that have veins that run parallel to each other.
What type of leaves do Dicots have?
Leaves that have veins that branch out from a central point.
Do Angiosperms have flowers or no flowers?
Angiosperms have flowers.
Do Gymnosperms have flowers?
No.
(True / False) Gymnosperms release seeds from under their trunk.
False. Gymnosperms release seeds from cones.
Do Ferns produce seeds or spores?
Spores.
Where do ferns grow their leaves?
In the underside of their leaves.
(True / False) Mosses & Liverworts have small leaf-like structures and small root-like structures to anchor themselves to the surface?
True.
(True / False) Fungi are plants.
False.
Are fungi good at decomposing?
Yes. Fungi are the best decomposers.
Does yeast make bread worse?
No. It’s the opposite. They help bread rise.
Who discovered the Monera kingdom?
Anton Van Leeuewhoek.
(True / False) The Monera kingdom is only made up of bacteria?
False. Most living things in the Monera kingdom are bacteria, however, some aren’t.
Can cells come in different shapes?
Yes. These include spheres, spirals or shapes like rods and commas.
(True / False) Cells can be single, paired, in a crowd or in a chain.
True.
(True / False) The Protista kingdom doesn’t have any variety due to how many less organisms it has compared to other kingdoms.
False.
Is the Phytoplankton in the Protista kingdom?
Yes.
