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What are the 6 Kingdoms of life?

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Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plant, Animal

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Archaea

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-prokaryotic
-single celled extremophiles (lovers of extreme environments)

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Bacteria

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prokaryotic, single- celled, bacteria and blue- green algae (Cyanobacteria)

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Protista

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  • eukaryotic
  • some single- celled, some are multi- celled.
  • photosynthesizing
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Fungi

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-eukaryotic
mostly multi celled (except yeast)
- no photosynthesis
- heterotrophic but only absorb nutrition. Includes mushrooms and molds

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plant

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  • eukaryotic
  • multi celled
  • autotrophic by photosynthesis
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animal

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eukaryotic, multi celled, heterotrophic by ingestion.

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species

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look similar, interbreed producing fertile offspring

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scientific names of species

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binomial nomenclature

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who is carl linnaeus

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a1700’s swedish biologist considered “father” of Taxonomy.

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why latin?

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it made sense at the time, everyone who went to high school knew Latin so it was much simpler to use. Developed groups of living things called “taxa”

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What are the 7 sub- categories of each kingdom

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  1. Kingdom
  2. Phylum
  3. Class
  4. Order
  5. Family
  6. Genus
  7. Species
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Classifying Humans (from specific to general)

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  1. Kingdom- Animalia
  2. Phylum- Chordata
  3. Class- Mammalia
  4. Order- Primates
  5. Family- Hominidae
  6. Genus- Homo
  7. Species- Homo sapiens
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Examples of dispersal

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  1. Coconuts float
  2. maple fruits- helicopter
  3. dandelion fruits- parachute
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Monocots

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Seed has one cotyledon

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Dicot

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Seed has two cotyledons

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Function of Liverwort

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Painkiller similar to the THC in marijuana

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Phylum Bryophyta (FAKE)

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  • reproduce by small spores
  • single celled
  • no vascular system
  • root like , stem like, and leaf like
    EX: LIVERWORTS + MOSSES
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Phylum Tracheophyta (T for TRUE)

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  • circulatory system
  • true roots, steam and leaf structures
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Classes of Tracheophyta

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a. ferns- reproduce by smalls single- celled spores
b. gymnosperms- reproduce by tiny seeds. they don’t repoduce flowers or fruits b ecuase they produce seeds in cones
EX: PINCECONES
c. Angiosperms- reproduce by seeds that are the products of flowers and subsequent fruits. Some monocots, some diocts.

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