Taxonomy Quiz Flashcards
Grouping animals together
Classification
The process of classification
Taxonomy
Linnaeus
Started taxonomy in 1753
Linnaeus said that every animal got a
Genus and a species
Genus
Family name
Species
Individual name
“The two name naming system”
Genus and species
Binomial nomenclature
What is the basis of taxonomy?
Homology
What is the classification system of all life on earth?
Dumb king Phillip came over from Germany singing
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
What are the three domains?
BAE
- Eukarya
- Bacteria
- Archae
What are the kingdoms of Eukarya?
Plantae, animalia, fungi, Protista
What is the kingdom of bacteria?
Eubacteria
What is the kingdom of Archae?
Archae Bacteria (simple bacteria)
What are the four characteristics of prokaryotes?
- No nucleus
- No organelles
- Single chromosome
- No cellulose in cell walls
What are the four characteristics of eukaryotes?
- Nucleus
- Organelles
- Many chromosomes
- Cellulose in cell walls
What does “archaic” mean?
Old
What are archaic bacteria?
They are “strange” bacteria. They don’t live in normal places - hot acid
What are Eubacteria
They are commonly found bacteria in our bodies
“Normal”
All bacteria are…..
Prokaryotes
What are Protista?
Eukaryotes that are not plants, animals, or fungus
(Everything that is left over)
THEY ARE SINGLE CELLED
What are fungi?
- They have cell walls made of chitin
- Multicellular
- they need cell walls to hold them up because they don’t have skeletons
What are plants?
- Autotrophs
- Cell walls with cellulose
- No blastula stage
Animalia is known as
“The most diverse kingdom”
What are the characteristics of the animalia kingdom?
- Heterotrophic
- No cell wall
- Blastula stages
- Sexual reproduction
Biosphere Ecosystem Communities Population Organisms Systems Organs Tissue Cells Organelles Compound Molecules Molecules Atoms Subatomic particles
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