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TAXONOMIC GROUPS Flashcards

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KINGDOM: Plantae

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  • Multicellular organisms (most photosynthetic and contain chlorophyll)
  • Cells walls made of cellulose
  • Autotrophic
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Non-Vascular: Phylum Bryophyta

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• Lack transport tissue
• Small and restricted to moist terrestrial environments
• Do not possess true roots, stems or leaves
E.g. Mosses, liverworts and hornworts

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Vascular:

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  • Possess transport tissue
  • Possess true roots, leaves and stems
  • Reproduce via spores not seeds
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Phylum: Filicinophyta

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  • Large dividing leaves

* Reproduce via spores e.g. ferns

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Phylum: Coniferophyta

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  • Needle like leaves

* Produce seeds housing an embryo e.g. Conifer/pine cones

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Phylum: Angiosperms

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  • Pollination via wind or animals
  • Flowers
  • Monocotyledons: flowers in multiples of three, leaves have parallel veins (lilies, dafodils)
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KINGDOM: Protista

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  • Do not fit into other taxomic groups
  • Unicellular or multicellular
  • Most aquatic environments: algae, protozoa
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KINGDOM: Animalia

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  • Multicellular heterotrophic organisms

* Animals lack cell walls

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Phylum: Porifera

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  • Lack organs
  • Aquatic
  • Asexual reproduction
  • E.g. Sponge, tube sponge
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Phylum: Cnidaria

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• All aquatic
• Stinging tentacles
Class: Medusa
• Umbrella shaped, tentacles on bottom e.g. jellyfish
Class: Polyp
• Cylindrical, tentacles on top e.g. Sea anemones, coral

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Phylum: Platyhelminthes

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  • unsegmented body
  • mouth but no anus
  • Flattened body shape e.g. Flat worm tape worm
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Phylum: Nematoda

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  • Tiny, unsegmented round worms

* Many are parasites e.g. Hookworms, stomach worms

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Phylum: Annelidia

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  • Cylindrical, segmented

* Bristles eg. Earthworm, leeches

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Phylum: Echidnodermata

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  • Internal skeleton
  • Many spines
  • Ventral mouth, dorsal anus
  • Tubal feet: locomotion
  • Unsegmented e.g. Sea urchin, star fish, sand dollar, sea cucumber
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Phylum: Molusca

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  • Soft, unsegmented bodies
  • Muscular foot
  • Rasping tongue (radula)
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Class: Bivalvia

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Class from molusca
• Mantle secretes shell
• Two shells hinged together e.g. scallop

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Class: Gastropoda

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Class of molusca
• Shell
• Tentacles with head e.g. Land snail

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Class: cephalapoda

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Class of molusca
• Well divided eyes
• Foot divided into tentacles e.g. squid

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Phylum: Arthropoda

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  • Exoskeleton made of chitin
  • Jointed appendages
  • Segmented bodies
  • Most have compound eyes
  • Heart on dorsal side
  • Open circulatory system
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Class: Crustacea

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  • Mainly marine
  • Exoskeleton impregnated with mineral salts
  • Gills often present e.g. Lobsters, crabs, barnacles, shrimps, prawns
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Class: Arachnida

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  • Almost all terrestrial

* Two body parts: cephalothorax and abdomen e.g. Spiders, scorpions, ticks

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Class: Insecta

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  • Capable of flight

* Three body parts: head, thorax and abdomen e.g. Flies, ants butterflies

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Class: Diplopoda

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  • Rounded body

* Each segment has two pairs of legs e.g. millipedes

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Class: Chilopoda

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  • Flattened body

* Each segment has one pair of legs e.g. centipedes

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Phylum: chordata

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  • Dorsal notochord
  • Post anal tail
  • Backbones: vertebrate
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Class: Chondrichthyes

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  • Cartilaginous fish: skeleton of cartilage
  • No swim bladder (urinate through skin)
  • All aquatic eg. Sharks, rays
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Class: Osteichthyes

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  • Bony fish

* Swim bladder present eg. Eel, sea horse, fish

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Class: amphibian

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  • Lungs in adult, juveniles may have gills

* Gas exchange through skin eg. Frogs, toads

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Class: reptillia

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  • No larval stages
  • Teeth are all the same type
  • Eggs with soft leathery shell eg. Snakes, lizards, crocodiles, tortoises
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Class: aves

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  • Eggs with hard, calcareous shells
  • Strong, light skeleton
  • High metabolic rate eg. Penguin, kiwi, seagull
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Class: mammalia

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  • Endotherms with hair or fur
  • Mammary glands produce milk
  • External ears present
  • Teeth are different types eg. Platypus, dolphin
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KINGDOM: Prokaryotype

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  • Prokaryotic cell structure: lack chromosomes and nuclei of eukaryotic cells
  • Asexual
  • BACTERIA
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KINGDOM: Eukaryotae

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  • FUNGI: mushrooms, lichens, puffballs
  • Heterotrophic
  • Saprotrophic (feeding on dead organisms)
  • Immobile, terrestrial

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