Unit 1 Flashcards
Learn the taxa of unit 1
What is the biological ladder in order?
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
What are the 3 domains
Domain Bacteria
Domain Archaea
Domain Eukarya
What are the 6 kingdoms?
Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Bacteria Kingdom Archaea Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Animalia
What is a species?
A group of organisms that can breed freely & produce viable offspring
What Domain and Kingdom do humans belong to?
D: Eukarya
K: Animalia
What is in Domain Bacteria?
Prokaryotes with some peptidoglycan in their cell walls
What is in Domain Archaea
Prokaryotes (Bacteria) without peptidoglycan in their cell walls (most are anaerobic)
Are extremophiles a part of the Bacteria Domain or Archaea Domain?
Archaea
What does Domain Eukarya encompass?
Contains all eukaryotic organisms divided into four (4) kingdoms.
Name all the Eukaryotic kingdoms
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia
What is in Kingdom Protista?
Unicellular and colonial eukaryotes
Microalgae and Protozoa
What is in Kingdom Fungi?
Molds and yeasts
What is in Kingdom Bacteria?
prokaryotic microbes
What is in Kingdom Archaea
prokaryotic microbes
What is in Kingdom Plantae?
Multicellular plants
What is in Kingdom Animalia
Multicellular animalia