classification

Question 1

What is taxonomy?

Answer 1

study of classifying living things

Question 2

What does binomial nomenclature mean?-

Answer 2

2 part name; first part Genus, 2nd part species.

Question 3

Format of scientific names?

Answer 3

Genus before Species. Genus is upper case, species is lower case. Whole thing is italicized or underlined.

Question 4

What are the categories in order from kingdom to species

Answer 4

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 5

What is a species?

Answer 5

a group of closely related organisms able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 6

What is a eukaryote

Answer 6

Eukaryotes are cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus (and other organelles). Ex. animals, plants, fungi, protists

Question 7

What is a prokaryote

Answer 7

Cells with DNA but no membrane bound nucleus (or other organelles– have cytoplasm, ribosomes and cell membrane only). Ex. Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.

Question 8

How are eukaryotes and prokaryotes similar

Answer 8

they are similar in that they both have cell membranes, cytoplasm, DNA and ribosomes.

Question 9

What is a heterotroph

Answer 9

A heterotroph must obtain food, is a consumer. Ex. animals, fungi, some bacteria and protists

Question 10

What is an autotroph

Answer 10

Autotrophs can create their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. ex. Plants, some bacteria, some protists

Question 11

Define ‘producer’

Answer 11

Makes own food, are autotrophs