classification of living organisms Flashcards
taxonomy
The branch of biology that classifies organisms and assigns each organism a universally accepted name.
Developed the naming system
carolus linnaeus
7 levels of classification
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
What does the scientific name consist of
Genus and species
Phylogeny
the evolutionary history of an organism
Morphology
the classification based on the structure possessed by the organism
Homologous structures
structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry
Analogous structures
structures in a different species that are similar in function, but not in structure
binomial nomenclature
system of giving every organism 2 names
prokaryotic
archaea, bacteria
eukaryotic
animal, plant, protist, fungi
unicellular
archaea, bacteria, protist
multicellular
animal, plant, fungi
heterotrophs
bacteria, archaea, animal, protist, fungi
autotrouphs
plant, protists, archea, bacteria