Classifications Flashcards
What are the different kingdoms
Monera,Protista,fungi,plantae,animalia
Advantages of classifying
Makes study of organisms easier,provides info, helps understanding organisms , helps differentiates between different groups of organisms
Who developed the system
Carl linnaeus
Under what bases are they classified?
Their body organization which is either unicellular or multicellular, mode of nutrition autotroph,heterotroph, prokaryotic or eukaryotic
What does prokaryotic mean
When an organism doesn’t have a nuclear membrane to hold in the nuclear material (dna) so it is scattered in the cytoplasm
What does eukaryotic mean?
It is when an organism has a well defined nucleus as in they have a nuclear membrane to hold in the nuclear material
What is autotroph and heterotroph
Autotroph is when the organism makes its own food and a heterotroph is when it gets its food from other organisms or plants
