Systematics Flashcards

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Taxonomy

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Science of naming organisms and placing them into categories based on evolutionary relationships.

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Systematics

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Science of reconstructing phylogeny (evolutionary history).

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Seven major taxonomic categories are:

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1.) Kingdom 2.) Division or Phylum 3.) Class 4.) Order 5.) Family 6.) Genus 7.) Species

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Kingdom

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Broadest taxonomic category, consisting of phyla or divisions. There are five kingdoms.

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Divisions

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The taxonomic category contained within a kingdom and consisting of related classes of plants, fungi, bacteria, or plantlike protists.

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Phylum

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Taxonomic category of animals and animal like protists contained within a kingdom and consisting of related classes.

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Class

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The taxonomic category composed of related genera. Closely related from a division of phylum.

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Order

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The taxonomic category contained within a class and consisting of related families.

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Family

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Te taxonomic category contained within an order and consisting of related genera.

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Genus

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The taxonomic category consisting of very closely related species.

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Species

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A group of organisms within a genus that interbreed under natural conditions or, if asexually reproducing, are more closely related to one another than to other organisms within the genus.

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Human Being Domain

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Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Primates Family: Hominidae, Genus: Homo, Species: Sapiens

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Vanilla Plant Domain

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Kingdom: Plantae, Phylum: Magnoliophyta, Class: Liliopsida, Order: Asparagales, Family: Orchidacea, Genus: Vanilla, Species: Planifolia

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Monera

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Unicellular Prokaryotes

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Protista

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Unicellular Eukaryotes

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Plantae

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Multicellular eukaryotes that obtain nutrients by photosynthesis.

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Fungi

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Multicellular eukaryotes that absorb externally digested nutrients.

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Animalia

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Multicellular eukaryotes that ingest food and digest it internally.

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5 Kingdoms

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  1. ) Monera
  2. ) Protista
  3. ) Plantae
  4. ) Fungi
  5. ) Animalia
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3 Domains

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  1. ) Bacteria
  2. ) Archaea
  3. ) Eukarya