Classification of organisms Flashcards
5 kingdoms
Kindom monera (prokaryotes) kingdom protoctista (protista) kingdom fungi kingdom plantae kindom animalia
2 descriptions of monera
unicellular prokaryotes
example of monera
bacteria
2 descriptions of protista
unicellular eukaryotes
2 examples of eukaryotes
amoeba, plankton
2 descriptions of fungi
usually multicellular
eukaryotes
what are fungi composed of
hyphae
asexual reproduction of fungi
produce spores
feeding of fungi
heterotrophic
feed by absorbing food
cell wall of fungi
made of chitin
3 examples of fungi
rhizopus yeast and mushrooms
3 descriptions of plants
complex, multicellular, eukaryotes
what is different about plants
have chloroplasts (photosynthetic)
cell wall of plants
made of cellulose
3 classifications of plants
mosses, ferns and seed-producing plants
what do mosses look like
small leafy plants
are mosses vascular
no
where do mosses live
in damp, shady places
what do ferns look like
most have large leaves (fronds)
are ferns vascular
yes
most complex of all plants
seed producing plants
are seed producing plants vascular
yes
2 groups to divide seed producing plants
non-flowering plants (conifers
flowering plants
where are the seeds in conifers
carried on a cone
2 examples of conifers
pine, cedar
where are seeds in flowering plants
enclosed in a fruit
2 examples of flowering plants
wallflower, buttercup
2 groups you can divide flowering plants into
monocotyledons and dicotyledons
2 ways to describe animals
multicellular eukaryotes
3 things animals usually have
nervous system, muscular system, digestive system
thing that all animals have
reproductive system
are animals photosynthetic?
no
do animals have cell walls?
no cell wall
2 examples pf animal kingdom
flatworms
starfish
animals without a backbone
invertebrates
animals with a backbone
vertebrates