diversity Flashcards
radial symetry
symetry around a central axis(more than two planes produce mirored halves)symetry goes around like a starfish.found in many cnidarians and echinoderms and sponges.
bilateral symetry
one sagittal plane devides into two mirrored halves.such
as humans, have left and right sides that are mirror images of each other.As you can
see in Figure 4, bilaterally symmetrical animals also have diff erent dorsal (upper) and
ventral (lower) surfaces as well as an anterior (front) and posterior (back) end.
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
The system of naming, which literally means: Two name naming system.Names must either be underlined or italicized
Genus capitalized, species is lowercase
species
organism that can interbreed with one another ,and produce fertile offspring in nature.
Hybrids
When two organisms of different species interbreed, the offspring is called a HYBRID
Which two groups are used for an organism’s scientific name?
Genus and species
related if
if they have the same Genus the genus is like the last name even though the genus is always capitalized.
Which of the following pairs is MOST closely related?
Acer rubrum & Acer saccharum
Acer rubrum & Chenopodium rubrum
Acer rubrum & Acer saccharum because they have the same genus
taxonomy
The science of classification
scientific name for a cat
felis domesticus
6 kingdom
kingdom,phylum,class,order,family,genus,spieces,
dog:kingdom
animalla
dog:phylum
chordata
dog:class
mammailia
dog:order
carnivora