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Taxonomy Flashcards

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Taxonomy is…

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The naming of organisms and grouping them into logical categories.

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Phylogeny is

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Demonstrating how organisms are related

“Evolutionarily” or putting things into groups based on similar characteristics and habits.

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Taxis=

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Arrangements

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Scientific names of organisms are in what language?

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Latin

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There are 8 levels of taxonomic classification, they are…

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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Organisms names follow the binomial system of nomenclature, which means…

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They use 2 Latin names.

The genus and the epithet (species)

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A genus is

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A group of closely related organisms

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A specific epithet identifies…

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The particular species to which the organism belongs.

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Binomial names are_______ when typed and _______when written.

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Italicized

Underlined

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The first letter of the genus is ________; the specific epithet is ______.

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Capitalized

Not

Example: Thamnophis sirtalis

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The 3 domains of life are?

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Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya

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The 4 kingdoms are…

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Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia

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What is a cladogram?

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An organized diagram of organisms based on similarity and/or proposed ancestral relationships.

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Domain Eubacteria is…

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True bacteria
 Unicellular 
 Small
 Prokaryotic (no nucleus)
     Contain a single, circular chromosome and reproduce asexually.

Cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
Can be rods, spheres or spirals
Move via slime or flagella

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Domain Archaea is…

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Unicellular
Can be spheres, spirals, filaments or flat plates

Prokaryotic
No peptidoglycan in cell walls
Unique membranes

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Metabolically labeled as extremophiles.

Methanogens

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Produce methane

Found in sewage, guts of ruminants, intestines of humans.

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Halobacteria

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Lives in extremely salty environments

Photosynthetic

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Thermophiles

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Live in high temperatures or areas with high sulfur concentrations

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Kingdom Protista

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Most are unicellular 
   Some form colonies
Diverse
   60,000 species
Live in freshwater, marine, terrestrial
Some are parasitic
Reproduce asexually via mitosis
20
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Classifying Protists

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Algae
Protozoans
Slime molds

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Algae is

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Unicellular and multicellular

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Protozoans

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Animal-like protists

Amoebas, water bears etc.

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Slime Molds

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Plasmodial

Cellular

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