Classification Flashcards

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What does classification mean?

A

Classification means grouping things by their features and characteristics.

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What is the largest group in classifying organisms?

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Kingdoms

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What is the smallest group in classifying organisms?

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Species

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What is the order of the groups in which organisms are classified into from smallest to largest?

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Species
Genus
Family
Order
Class
Phylum
Kingdom
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5
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What is the mnemonic to remember the groups of classification in the right order from largest to smallest?

A

Keep Ponds Clean Or Frogs Get Sick

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What are the 5 kingdoms of organisms?

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Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Protoctista
Prokaryotae
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What are the features and characteristics of the animalia kingdom?

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  • Multicellular
  • Cells have no cell walls
  • No chlorophyll in cells
  • Feed heterotrophically
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What does it mean if an organism feeds heterotrophically?

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It eats other organisms

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What are the features and characteristics of the plantae kingdom?

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  • Multicellular
  • Cells have cell walls
  • Cells contain chlorophyll
  • Feed autotrophically
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What does it mean if an organism feeds autotrophically?

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They make their own food

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What are the features and characteristics of the fungi kingdom?

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  • Multicellular
  • Cells have no cell walls
  • Cells contain no chlorophyll
  • Feed saprophytically
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What does it mean if an organism feeds saprophyticaly?

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They digest food outside the body

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What are the features and characteristics or the protoctista kingdom?

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  • Mostly unicellular

- Nucleus in cell

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What are the features and characteristics of the kingdom prokaryotae?

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  • Unicellular

- No nucleus in cells

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What organism is the prokaryotae kingom mainly made of?

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Bacteria

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Viruses are not classified in a kingdom. Why?

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They are not classified because most scientists think that viruses are not living organisms. This is because they have to use other cells to reproduce and they show no other life processes e.g. growth.