Classification Flashcards
Taxonomy
Grouping organisms according to characteristics & evolutionary history
Phylogeny
Evolutionary history of an organism
Binomial nomenclature
Scientific name of living thing - Genus species
Linnaeus
Developed 4 level system if classification and binomial nomenclature in 1753
6 kingdoms
Archaebacteria Eubacteria Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
Archaebacteria
Unicellular prokaryotes that can survive harsh conditions
Eubacteria
Unicellular prokaryotes that cannot survive harsh conditions
Protista
All unicellular eukaryotes aka protozoa
Fungi
Multicellular eukaryotes
Plantar
Multicellular eukaryotes that are autotrophic
Animalia
Multicultural eukaryotes that are heterotrophic
3 domains
Bacteria- modern bacteria
Archaea- bacteria that survives harsh conditions
Eukarya- all eukaryotes
The system
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species