classification taxonomy 5/3 mallory Flashcards
taxonomy
the science of classifying organisms
classification standards
- presence/ absence of nuclear membrane in cell
- multicellular or unicellular
- type of nutrition
order of classification
domain
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
soup
way to remember order of classification
dear king phillp came over for great soup
father of taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus
binomial nomenclature
a way of naming organisms using 2 terms
scientific naming etiquette
using latin name
uses genus then species
genus is capitalized species is lowercase
in italics
Homo sapiens — man (in italics)
can be abbreviated
H. sapiens
6 kingdom system
archae
uebacteria
protista
fungi
plant
animal
3 domain system
domain eukarya
domain bacteria
domain archea
heterotroph
an organism who gets energy from not themselves
autotroph
an organism who makes energy using themself
unicellular
organism made of one cell
multicellular
organism made of 2 or more cells
prokaryote
a cell without a nucleus, dna is in cytoplasm
eukaryote
a cell with a nucleus
clade
a group of organisms with a single common ancestor and all of its descendents
phylogeny
study of evolutionary history of a species
cladogram
diagram showing clades and how they are link
(the one with branches)
derived characters
trait arose in a common ancestor that all descendents share
dichotomous key
step by step guide to identify an organism using physical characteristics
(the one with X)
species
includes all organisms of the same kind