Kingdoms and domains Flashcards
1
Q
what are the 6 kingdoms
A
animalia, plantae, fungi, protist, archaea, bacteria
2
Q
Prokaryotic
A
ancient and simple, absence of membrane bound organelles, but has circular DNA
3
Q
Eukaryotic
A
Larger and more complicated, has membrane bound organelles and a nucleus
4
Q
Why the added a new domain
A
kingdoms came first but archaea and bacteria were so distinct we needed to further classify them adding in domain
5
Q
Dichotomous key
A
A tool used to help identify an unknown organism. Involves a series of 2 part questions to lead to correct identification
6
Q
Domains are…
A
Bacteria, archaea and eukarya (animal, plants, fungi and protist)
