classification and the five kingdoms

Question 1

what is classification

Answer 1

proccess of placing living things into groups

Question 2

why do humans classify organisms?

Answer 2

-convenient
-makes studying living things more manageable
-makes identification easier
-helps us identify relationships between species

Question 3

what is the taxonomic hierarchy?

Answer 3

domain
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 4

what are the 5 kingdom classifications

Answer 4

prokaryotae, protoctista, fungi, plantae, animalia

Question 5

what does hierarchy mean?

Answer 5

big groups split into smaller groups

Question 6

what happens to the organisms in the taxonomic groups as you move down the hierarchy from kingdom to species

Answer 6

increasing similarities but decreasing number of organisms in each group

Question 7

why is it easier to place an organism in the right kingdom than right order

Answer 7

because more detailed descriptions are needed for order

Question 8

what does binomial mean

how does the binomial naming system work

Answer 8

-two-name system

-using Genus and species to name organisms globally

-in italics or underlined with genus capitalised and lowercase species eg Homo sapiens

Question 9

define species

Answer 9

-group of organisms that can freely interbreed to produce fertile offspring

-organisms very similar in appearance anatomy physiology biochemistry and genetics

Question 10

what are distinctive features for each five kingdoms of classification?

Answer 10

-animalia = usually can move around, eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotophic

-plantae = autotrophic, chlorophyll and cellulose cell wall, eukaryotic, multicellular

-fungi= chitin cell wall, eukaryotic, saprophytic

-prokaryotae - no nucleus (bacteria)

-protoctista -single cells or multicellular eukaryotic cell