Lesson 11 - Taxonomy Flashcards

learn about the six kingdoms, as well as the seven levels of classification

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What is taxonomy?

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the discipline of naming and classifying organisms

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Who was one of the first taxonomists?

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Aristotle

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What were the original four levels of taxonomy?

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Class, Order, Genus, Species

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What are the six kingdoms in biology today?

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Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria

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What are the seven levels, from kingdom down to species, of taxonomy?

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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What two things are organisms of the same species able to do?

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Naturally interbreed, produce fertile offspring

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Organisms that reproduce “how” are based on their genome?

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asexually

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8
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Binomial nomenclature, which means “two names,” refers to organisms that are named based on their _________ and ____________.

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genus, species

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In taxonomy, the genus name comes first and is _____________, and the full name is either _________________ or _________________.

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Capitalize, italicized, underlined

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10
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Bioligists classify organisms based on their beliefs about lines of ___________________ descent.

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Evolutionary

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11
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Speciation is not proof of ________evolution

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macro

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Archaebacteria (1-4)

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Unicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophs and heterotrophs, able to live in extreme environments

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Eubacteria (1-4)

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Unicellular, prokaryotic, different chemical makeup from archaebacteria, includes bad bacteria and good bacteria

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Protista (1-3)

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Eukaryotic, includes single celled, multicellular, and colonial organisms, autotrophs and heterotrophs,

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Fungi kingdom includes

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Mushrooms, molds, mildews, yeasts

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Plantae kingdom includes

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Flowering plants, mosses, and ferns

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Animalia 1-4

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Multi-cellular, 1mil known species, eukaryotic, heterotrophs