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Classification Review Flashcards

1
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what is the correct order for the levels of the Linnaeus classification system from general to specific?

A

Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.

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What are the 3 Domains? (Examples)

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Bacteria - E.Coli/Strep
Archaea - Chemo-synthetic
Eukarya - Plant/Animalia

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How are prokaryotes and eukaryotes different?

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Pro has no nucleus (pro = before0

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What makes the Archaea domain so unusual?

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They can survive in extreme environments

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What is the most abundant group of organisms on earth?

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Bacteria

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List/Describe the Kingdoms in the most current tree of life

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Animalia - Apes/Humans
Plants - moss/grass 
Bacteria - E.Coli 
Fungi - mushrooms 
Protists - algae/photosynthetic/protazoa 
Archaea - extremophiles
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Which Kingdoms have organisms with cell walls/ how are the cell walls different?

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Plant - cell walls composed of cellulose
Fungi - cell walls composed of chitin
Bacteria - cell walls composed of peptidoglycan

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8
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How are most scientific names selected? How are they written?

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Physical Characteristics (description) - written in Latin

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List the K, P, C, O, F, G, S for the common dog and grey wolf

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Grey Wolf- 
K- Animalia
P- Chordata
C- mammalia 
O- Carnivoria
F- Canidae 
G- Canis 
S- C. Lupus

Common Dog-
K, P, C, O, F, G = same as Grey wolf
S- C. Lupus Familiaris

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Why is a mushroom not a plant?

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It absorbs its food

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Why is a sponge an animal?

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No cell walls/heterotrophic/multicellular

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12
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What is the largest division an organism can belong to?

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Domain

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List the D, K, P, C, O, F, G, S for you!

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K- Animalia
P- Chordata 
C- Mammalia 
O- Primates 
F- Hominoidea 
G- Homo 
S- H. Sapiens
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14
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Binomial Nomenclature

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Two terms are used to denote a species of living organism - system of naming

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Taxonomy

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Branch of science concerned with classification

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16
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Chitin

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Main substance in cell walls of fungi and exoskeletons on anthropods

17
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Peptidoglycan

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Main substance in the cell walls of bacteria

18
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Extremophile

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Microorganism that lives in an environment of extremes

19
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Autotroph

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Organism that makes its own food

20
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Heterotroph

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Organism that must get its food from eating other things

21
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Chemotroph

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Organisms that obtain energy by the oxidation of electron donors in its environment

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