Kingdoms Flashcards
What kingdom is unicellular and lacks a nucleus and membrane?
Monera.
What characteristics does Animalia have?
They can move, lack a cell wall, and cannot prepare their own food.
Definition of Movement
The process or the state of changing place or position of the body or a body part from one position to another.
What is MRS GREN an acronym for?
Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition.
What organisms belong to the Protista Kingdom?
Red algae, kelp and amoeba.
What characteristics does Fungi have?
They reproduce by spores and lack chlorophyll so cannot preform photosynthesis.
Definition of Respiration.
The process of breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide.
What characteristics does Protista have?
They are unicellular, free living and commonly live in watery environments.
Definition of sensitivity.
The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
What is Monera?
A classification used to describe unicellular prokaryotic microbes.
Definition of growth.
The increase in mass and size of a body or organs.
What is Plantae?
Plant Kingdom
What characteristics does Plantae have?
They make their own food using photosynthesis, and they reproduce asexually.
Definition of reproduction.
The ability to produce an offspring either sexually or asexually.
Name the way that you can remember the acronym that helps memorise all the kingdoms that is used to classify animals. (DKPCOFGS)
Dear king Philip came over for good spaghetti.
What does each of the kingdom classifications mean? (DKPCOFGS)
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
Definition of Nutrition
The process of taking in food and converting it into energy and other vital nutrients required for life.
Definition of Excretion
The process of removing wastes and excess water from the body.
How is eukaryotic cells different from prokaryotic cells?
Prokaryotic cells (bacteria) lack a nuclear envelope; eukaryotic cells have a nucleus in which the genetic material is separated from the cytoplasm.
What are 5 features of a protoctist?
They’re eukaryotes, unicellular, free-living, live in watery environments, locomotion.
What are 5 features of prokaryotes?
Unicellular, no true nucleus, a cell membrane, cell wall.
Why aren’t viruses considered as living.
Viruses are not made out of cells, they don’t grow, and they can’t make their own energy
What is a pathogen?
An organism that causes disease.
What are 5 examples of a pathogen.
viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and worms.
What characteristics do all organisms have in common?
MRS GREN.
What is cytoplasm?
Cytoplasm is responsible for maintaining cell shape.
What is the purpose of a classification system?
The goal of biological classification is to group organisms together in terms of their relatedness to one another.
What’s the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
Invertebrates are animals without spines, while vertebrates have a spine.
What are 3 examples of myriapods
Centipedes, Millipedes, Symphyla
What are some characteristics of myriapods?
Myriapods have a head and a multi-segmented trunk, with multiple legs running down either side of their body.
What are arachinds?
The term arachnid refers to a class of animals that includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.
What are some characteristics of arachnids?
Arachnids have two body segments. They also have jointed legs and an exoskeleton. Arachnids have appendages with special uses and a free-flowing circulatory system.
What the different classifications of plants?
Flowering plants and ferns/mosses.
