Unit 16: Classification Of Living Things

Question 0

Domain

Answer 0

An area characterized by a specific feature like a plant or animal

Question 1

Bacteria

Answer 1

One called organisms, involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation

Question 2

Eukaryote

Answer 2

any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material organized into chromosomes, and an elaborate system of division by mitosis or meiosis, characteristic of all life forms except bacteria, blue-green algae, and other primitive microorganisms

Question 3

Fungi

Answer 3

any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts

Question 4

Genus

Answer 4

The usual major subdivision of a family in the classification of organisms

Question 5

Prokaryote

Answer 5

any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops

Question 6

Protista

Answer 6

Free living one celled organisms

Question 7

Species

Answer 7

Major subdivision of genus