Living Organisms Flashcards
1
Q
Who was the first Biologist?
A
Adam
2
Q
Taxonomy
A
The discipline of naming and classifying organisms.
3
Q
Who was one of the first to sort organisms into types?
A
Aristotle, with Plants and Animals
4
Q
Carl Linnaeus
A
The father of modern taxonomy, proposed system in 1758
5
Q
The 6 Kingdoms
A
Planta Animalia Protista Fungi Eubacteria Archaebacteria
6
Q
The Classification Levels
A
(Domain ->) Kingdom -> Phylum -> Class -> Order -> Family -> Genus -> Species (-> subspecies)
7
Q
How many Phylum?
A
7
8
Q
How many Classes?
A
108
9
Q
Two organisms are the same species if they can:
A
Reproduce fertile offspring
10
Q
Organisms that reproduce asexually are typically classified by what?
A
Their genome
11
Q
Binomial Nomenclature
A
“Two names” the system for naming organisms based on their genus and species
12
Q
The Kingdom of Archaebacteria
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- Unicellular
- Prokaryotic (without nucleus)
- Autotrophs or Heterotrophs
- Able to live in extreme environments
13
Q
The Kingdom of Eubacteria
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- Unicellular
- Prokaryotic
- Different chemical makeup from archaebacteria
- most common bacteria
14
Q
Protista
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- Mostly single celled, some multicellular, also sometimes colonial organisms
- Autotrophs or Heterotrophs
- Eukaryotic
- Any microscopic organism not part of bacteria, fungi, plant or animal kingdoms is in this one.
15
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Fungi
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- Mostly multicellular
- Eukaryotic
- Cell walls made of chitin
- Decomposers: they consume dead or decaying organisms
