SG: Classification Flashcards
1
Q
What is the classification system
A
Grouping species based on similaities
2
Q
Taxonomy
A
Classifying and naming organisms
3
Q
Why Classify Organisms
A
Discover relationships
Learn how life evolve
Make easier to find and study
Experience what life is what it is like
4
Q
List 3 reasons to classify organisms?
A
- Identify relationships between organisms
- Scientists identify key characteristics of each organism
- Avoids confusion with other cultures names
5
Q
List the Basic Levels of Classification
A
- Kingdom -
- Phylum
- Class
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
6
Q
Why use Scientific Names?
A
So we don’t get confused
7
Q
What is the two name system
A
Genus and Species
8
Q
List the 6 kingdoms of Life and a brief description.
A
- Kingdom Bacteria: live in all ecosystem ( cynabacteria)
- Kingdom Projota: Unicellular and have a nucleus (amobea)
- Kingdom Chromista: unicellular, photosynthesis ( Diatoms)
- Kingdom Fungi: multi or unicellular, decomposers in an ecosystem ( molds )
- Kingdom Plantae: multicellular, ability to photosynthesize ( seaweed )
- Kingdom Animalia: multicellular and eukaryotic, cellular respiration to obtain energy ( sponges )
9
Q
Kingdom: Animalia
List the 8 phylums we will be learning about in this course and a brief description.
OWN DECK
A
- Porifera - Sponges
- Cnidarians - coral, jellyfish
- Platyhelminthes - Flatworms
- Annelida - Segmented worms
- Mollusca - bivalves, octopi, snails, squid
- Arthropoda - crustaceans
- Echinodermata - sea stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars
- Vertebrata - Sharks, fish, reptiles, birds, mammals
10
Q
Kingdom: Chromista
List the type of organism
A
Brown Algae, Diatoms ( ABCD)
11
Q
Kingdom: Plantae
List the type of organism
A
Seagrass
