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Unit 5: Classification Flashcards

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1
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Present day kingdoms

A

plantae

protista

animalia

eubacteria

archaebacteria

fungi

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Defining characteristics of the monera kingdom during the 5 kingdom systems

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prokaryotic

microscopic

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Similar species make up a

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genus

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Defining characteristic for the protista kindgdom during the three kingdom system

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microscopic

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Defining characteristics of the animalia kingdom during the 5 and 6 kingdom systems

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multicellular only

heterotrophic

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Defining characteristics of the archaebacteria kingdom during the 6 kingdom system

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prokaryotic

live in extreme/harsh environments similar to early Earth

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Defining characteristics of the protista kingdom during the 5 and 6 kingdom systems

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eukarytotic

unicellular or multicellular

autotrophic or heterotrophic

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Father of taxonomy

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Carolus Linnaus

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Study of naming and classifying organisms

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Taxonomy

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Defining characteristics of the eubacteria kingdom during the 6 kingdom system.

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prokaryotic

every day normal bacteria

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What is the proper way to write the scietific name according to the rules of binomial nomenclature?

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genus is capitalized

species lowecase

Both names are underline if hand written

If typed both names are italicized

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Used to identify an unknown organims

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dichotomous key

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Kingdoms in the 1700’s

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animalia and plantae

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The prokaryotic kingdom of the five kingdom system

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monera

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Kingdom during the three kingdom system that bacteria used to be classfied within

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protista

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An order is broken down into similar

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families

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Defining characteristic for the animalia kingdom during the 1700’s or the two kingdom system

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17
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Two taxa used in the scientific name

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genus and species

18
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Naming system develped by Linnaeus

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Binomial Nomenclature

19
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Present day kingdom whose organims were once classified as plants during the three kingdom.

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fungi

(because they mostly grow out of the ground)

20
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Kingdoms in the 1950’s

A

plantae

animalia

protista

fungi

monera

21
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Linneaus’ broadest level of classification

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kingdom

22
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Similar orders make up a

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class

23
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Kingdoms in the 1800’s

A

plantae

Animalia

Protista

24
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Similar classes make up a

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phylum

25
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Defining characteristics of the plantae kingdom during the 5 and 6 kingdom systems

A

multicelluar

autotrophic

26
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A kingdom is broken down into similar

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phyla

27
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Kingdoms that monera split into

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eubacteria and archaebacteria

28
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Defining characterist for the plantae kingdom during the two kingdom system

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sessile

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