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General Science- The Classification of Living Things Flashcards

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1
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What is the order of the classification schemes from narrowest to broadest?

A 
Species (Narrowest)
Genus
Family
Order 
Class 
Phylum
Kingdom
Domain (Broadest)
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The broadest category is what?

A

Domain

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How many domains are there?

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3

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What contains several Phyla?

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Kingdom

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What contains several classes?

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Phylum

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What contains several orders?

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Class

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What contains several related families?

A

Order

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Which contains several related genera?

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Family

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Which contains several related species?

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Genus

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Which contains organisms so similar that they can only reproduce with one another to create viable fertile offspring?

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Species

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What are the three domains?

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Eukaryota, Bacteria, and Archaea

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All living things whose cells have nuclei are in this domain. Almost all multi-celled organisms are in this domain.

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Eukaryota

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Both of these domains contain single-celled organisms whose cells do not have nuclei. Living things in these domains are distinguishable by metabolic and chemical differences.

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Bacteria and Archaea

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What are the 6 Kingdoms called?

A 
Monera 1
Monera 2
Protista 
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
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Why is Kingdom Monera broken up into 2?

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One for Bacteria and the other for Archaea

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This kingdom is considered the most primitive kingdom and includes bacteria, algae and prokaryotic life forms.

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Monera

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This kingdom contains the simplest Eukaryotes. Protozoa, Algae, Slime, and Water Molds. Ancestor Organisms to plants, animals, and fungi. They can also move around by means of flagella. Some are photosynthetic.

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Protista

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This kingdom includes mushrooms, bread molds, and yeasts. They lack the ability to photosynthesize because they are decomposers.

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Fungi

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This kingdom has the ability to produce via photosynthesis.

A

Plantae

20
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Consumer the producers for energy as well as other organisms. They can either be vertebrates or invertebrates. Humans belong to this kingdom.

A

Animalia

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