Classification Flashcards
1
Q
What is classification?
A
Biologists uses a classification system to name organisms and group them into a logical manner
2
Q
What is binomial nomenclature?
A
Each species is assigned a two part scientific name
3
Q
Abbreviations to remember:
A
King- kingdom Philip- phylum Came- class Over- order For- family Good- genus Soup- species
4
Q
Kingdoms of living things:
A
- Eubacteria: regular bacteria
- Archaebacteria: bacteria living in extreme conditions
- Prostisa: amoeba (cells with cellulose in Cell walls)
- Fungi: mushrooms and yeast
- Plantae: all plants
- Animalia: all animals
5
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What is a cladogram?
A
biologists group organisms into cladograms into categories that represent lines of evolutionary descent.
