Introduction to plants Flashcards
How is the name of the organism written?
Genus species (italics, underlined)
What is the hierarchical classification?
domain Kingdom phylum class order family genus species
What are cladistics?
Groups of organisms based on the characteristics that they have.
What is the phylum called in plants?
Division
What are the three domains of life?
Archaea bacteria and eukarya
What 3 big characteristics do plants have?
autotrophic photosynthetic and cell wall
What is the cell wall of plants made of?
cellulose
What is cellulose?
cellulose is a polysaccharide made of many sugars made up of a whole bunch of glucose units put together.
What other kingdoms have the characteristics like plants?
protest and bacteria. algae are protest and have photosynthetic capabilities.
What kingdom, division and characteristics do algae have?
kingdom is protista
division- chlorophyta -green
phaeophyta- brown
rhodophyta- red