Diversity of Living things Flashcards
give an example of why classification of living organisms is important.
farmers need to separate crops from weeds
what are the three species concepts?
biological morphological and phylogenetic
What is the biological species concept
ability of organism to interbreed in nature and produce viable fertile offspring
What is the morphological species concept?
compares measurements and description of similar organisms, consider variation.
What is the phylogenetic species concept?
considers evolutionary relationships among organisms.
what is Taxonomy
the identification, classification, and naming of species
what is Binomial nomenclature
the two-part naming system
when naming species what levels in the DKPCOFGS does the name come from?
Genus and then species
What is the order of the hierarchy
Domain, Kindom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
is bacteria a Prokaryotic cell or Eukaryotic
Prokaryotic
Bacteria is ____cellular
(multi or uni)
unicellular
coccus
round shaped
coccus
rod-shaped
spirillum
spiral-shaped
Mono
singular
diplo
double
strepto
chain
staphylo
cluster
what colour will the bacteria turn if it’s gram positive?
Purple
if bacteria turns pink with the stain, is it gram positive or gram negative?
gram negative
what does autotrophic mean
self feeding
how do autotrophic (self feeding) organisms feed themselves
photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
is you are non-self feeding are you autotrophic or heterotrophic
heterotrophic
what does aerobic mean?
an organism that requires oxygen to grow