term quiz 19 Flashcards
Discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a university accepted name
Taxonomy
large taxonomic group consisting of closely related phyla
Kingdom
kingdom, phylum,class,order,family, genus species
Levels of Classification
kingdom of unicellular prokaryotic whose cell walls DO NOT contain peptidoglycan
Achaebacteria
kingdom of unicellular prokaryotic whose cell walls are made up of peptidoglycan
Eubacteria
any eukaryote that is not a plant,animal, or fungus
Protista
kingdom composed of multi cellular eukaryotic heterotrophs may obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter (decomposes) and have a cell wall made of chitin
Fungi
kingdom of multi cellular eukaryotic heterotrophs whose cells do not have cell walls
Animalia
group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
Species
kingdom of multi cellular photosynthetic autotrophs that have cell walls made of cellulose
Plantae