Midterm Flashcards
House cat’s scientific name is Felix Domesticus what is its genus
Felix
Scientific name for humans
Homo sapiens
Classification levels
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Genera can be divided into
Species
Which kingdom contains multicellular heterotrophs
Animal
The father of taxonomy was
Carolus Linneaus
What percentage of all living things are currently living on earth
5%
What do we call a scientist who studies the classification of all living things
Taxonomists
What is a dichotomous key
Pairs of statements that lead to identities
Why use a dichotomous key
To indentify things quicker and easier
What is binomial nomenclature
A classification system in which all living things has a 2 part name
An organisms scientific name consists of
The genus & species
What is the largest classification level
Domain
Which classification level occurs after phylum
Class
What stain was used to observe human cheek cells
Methylene blue
The type of plant leaf we observed was
Elodea dens
Packages & ships protein, like UPS
Golgi Bodies
Colored bodies of DNA within nucleus
Chromosomes
Transports proteins, comes in smooth & rough
Endoplasmic reticulum
The powerhouse of the cell, makes ATP
Mitochondria
Layer that surrounds & protects the cell
Cell membrane
Contains RNA & makes ribosomes
Nucleolus
The workers of the cells are the cell’s
Organelles
Site of protein synthesis, made of two subunits
Ribosomes