LESSON 2: D2 - Introduction to Taxonomy Flashcards

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Taxonomy

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The science of classifying living things

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How did Linnaeus rank species?

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In taxonomic ranks based on shared characteristics

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3
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What is the taxnomical system used for?

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To classify ogrnaisims on Earth (Phylogenetic tree)

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4
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Are all speices tied back to one common ancestor?

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Yes

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5
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What is a clade

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A taxonomic group that includes a single ancestor and all of its descendents

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What are the 6 kingdoms?(The three domains broken down futher are called kingdoms)

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  • Plants
    -Animals
    -Bacteria
    -Protists
    -Fungi
    -Archea
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Describe kingdom Plantee

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  • Autotrophs
  • Plant cells
    -Multicelluar
    -Eukaryotic
    -Cell wall composed of cellulose
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Describe kingdom Animalia

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  • Eukaryotic
    -Multicellular
  • No cell wall and chloroplast
    -hetrotrophs
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Describe kingdom Eubacteria

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  • Single celled
    -Prokaryotic
  • Cell wall
    -Some are autotrops and some are heterotrophs
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10
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Describe kingdom Archaeabacteria

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  • Prokaryotic
    -Cell and cell membrane are unique
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Describe kingdom Protista

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-Eukaryotic
- Diverse cell structure
-Some have Cell walls and chloroplast

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12
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TRUE OR FLASE:
Out of all the 6 kingdoms, not all are made up of more then 1 clade

A

TRUE

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13
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Which kingdom is do not form 1 clade

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Protists

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14
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Homogulas traits

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Traits that stem from a common evolutionary ancestor

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15
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What do we call a group of organisims?

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Taxa

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16
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What are the 3 Domains

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Bacteria, Archea, Eukarya

17
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What two domains are prokaryotes?

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Bacteria and Archea

18
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Which domain makes up all of the life forms?

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Eukarya

18
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What goes under Eukerya

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Kingdoms

19
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What is the first name called in Taxonomy

A

Genus

20
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What is the second name in Taxonomy

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Speices name

21
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What is Phylogeny?

A

Finding evolutionary relationships among speices

22
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Archea has been around for very long

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TRUE

23
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Bacteria and Archaea are very similar

A

FALSE
- Different cell walls

24
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Fungi

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-Decomposers
-eukaryotic
-Most are multi-celluar
-cell wall made of chitin