Classification and Biodiversity Flashcards
The process of grouping things based on their similarities or differences.
Classification
The science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms.
Taxonomy
A group of **similar **organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
Species
A group of closely related species.
Genus
A tool used to identify organisms based on a series of choices between two characteristics.
Dichotomous key
The highest level of classification used to group organisms based on their characteristics.
Kingdom
A level of classification below kingdom that groups organisms based on their body plan.
Phylum
A Scientist who studies plants is called a…….
Botantist
A Scientist who studies animals is called a …….
Zoologist
In science living things are called…..
Organisms
An organism that makes its own food from the energy of the sun is called an
Autotroph
An organism that releys on other organisms for food are called
heterotrophs
To be classified as living something needs to show the following seven life processes.
- able to move by itself
- reproduce
- take in food or create their own food
- grow
- Sense its environment
- produce wastes.
- release energy form food
What is difference between dead and non -living?
Dead once showed the seven life processes (such as a dried flower) but non-living never did (such as a car)
The features of organisms that allow them to survive are called
example camouflage, speed etc
Adaptions
What is the “scientific name”?
The name for a species used by scientists around the world
The scientific name of an organism includes the genus and species.
