Classification Of Living Things Flashcards
What are the 6 kingdoms?
Archean Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia Bacteria
What are the 3 domains?
Archea
bacteria
eukaryote
What are the eight levels of classification in order?
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
What are the two languages that are used in scientific names?
Greek
Latin
What does taxonomy mean?
The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms.
What does classification mean?
The division of organisms into groups or classes, based on specific characteristics.
What two groups did people divide living thing into (long time ago)
Plants
Animals
What are the main differences between the three domains?
Two of the domain are prokaryote (single - celled organisms)
On of the domains are eukarya (are not single - celled organisms)
What kingdoms are in the eukarya domain?
The Protista, Fungi, Plantae, & Animalia are in the eukarya
What is Carolus Linnaeus known for?
Carolus Linnaeus is known for finding the modern taxonomy
What is the dichotomous key used for?
The key is used to identity organisms and that consists of the answers to a series of questions.
How are organisms classified? (Based on what)
Organisms are classified based on one of the domains (Archean, Bacteria, and, Eukarya)
Why do member of the kingdom Animalia depend on bacteria & fungi?
Bacteria & fungi recycle the nutrients found in dead organisms
How many “choices” are at each step of a dichotomous key?
There are two choices on each step
What is the capitalization “rules” when writing the scientific names of an organism?
The genus in the name is capitalized Ex- Homo
The species in the name is not capitalized Ex- sapien
