The 5 Kingdoms

Question 1

What are the 7 Taxonomic Hierarchies

Answer 1

Kingdom
Division/Phylum 
Class 
Order
Family 
Genus 
Species
Note: Kinky Physicians Can Often Find G Spots

Question 2

What are synonyms

Answer 2

An organism which is given different names by different people at different times, associated with high phenotypic variability

Question 3

What are Whittacker’s 5 Kingdoms?

Answer 3

Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists, Prokaryotes

Question 4

Name 2 features of Fungi

Answer 4

Don’t photosynthesize (absorptive heterotrophs)

Have cell walls made from chitin

Question 5

Name 2 features of Protists

Answer 5

Consist of unicellular eukaryotes and their multicellular relatives

Include autotrophs and heterotrophs

Question 6

What are the problems with the 5 Kingdom system?

Answer 6

There are two distinct lineages of prokaryotes

5 distinct groups of protista

Question 7

What are the current domains of life?

Answer 7

Cellular: Bateria, Archea, Eukarya

Non-cellular: viruses

Question 8

What is linear and horizontal gene transfer? Give examples

Answer 8

Linear: via mutation and selection e.g offsrping
Horizontal: transfer of genes between organisms e.g the evolution of chloroplasts and mitochondria

Question 9

Which genes are essential for life?

Answer 9

• Glycolysis
• ATP synthesis
• DNA replication, transcription, translation
• 100 genes of unknown function