Classification Of Species Flashcards
Species
Organisms that are capable of interbreeding together to produce viable offspring
Taxonomy
Classifying living things within a hierarchical order
3 domains of life
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya
Archaea
Prokaryote
Lacks a membrane bound nucleus
Unicellular
Asexual
Distinctive cell membrane and wall characteristics
Bacteria
Prokaryote
Lacks a membrane bound nucleus
Unicellular
Asexual
Move by flagella
Eukarya
Membrane bound nucleus
Unicellular or multicellular
Sexual
Each kingdom has unique specialization
Four kingdoms
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Kingdom Protista
Can be Autotrophs (produce own food) or heterotrophs(ingest own food)
Kingdom fungi
Secrete digestive enzymes and then absorb the macromolecules
Kingdom Plantae
Autotrophs that are capable of photosynthesis
Kingdom Animalia
Heterotrophs that ingest their food
How are domain Kingdom and the others classified
Domain- cellular composition
Kingdom- mode of ingestion
All the rest- morphology
Binomial nomenclature
-Latin and italicized
-Genus and Species names
-First name capitalized the second not