Intro Flashcards
1
Q
Give the taxonomic hierarchy.
A
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
2
Q
What was Linnaeus’ taxonomy dichotomy?
A
Plants and animals.
3
Q
What was Whittaker’s 5 proposed kingdoms?
A
Plantae, animilia, fungi, protista and monera.
4
Q
Which group lack cell organelles and membrane bound nucleus, but are the most abundant in the world?
A
Prokaryotes
5
Q
Which kingdom are absorptive heterotrophs?
A
Fungi
6
Q
Which kingdom is made up of unicellular eukaryotes and close multicellular relatives?
A
Protists
7
Q
How are prokaryotes traditionally classified?
A
Metabolic activity
8
Q
How was it understood that there 2 distinct lineages of prokaryotes?
A
Through comparison of sequences of rRNA.
9
Q
What the 3 domains, above kingdom level?
A
Bacteria, archea and eukarya.
