Week 1

Question 1

Carl Linnaeus

Answer 1

Father of taxonomy (field of naming and classifying organisms)

Question 2

Gave every organism he described a scientific name (binomial nomenclature)

Answer 2

Carl Linnaeus

Question 3

Binomial nomenclature

Answer 3

The scientific name of a group of organisms of the same type (e.g., homo sapiens)

Question 4

Must be unique to one type of organism

Answer 4

Species name

Question 5

includes the genus and the “specific epithet”

Answer 5

Species name

Question 6

taxonomy

Answer 6

field of naming and classifying organisms

Question 7

mnemonic for nomenclature

Answer 7

• Domain > Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species
• Did King Phillip Come Over For Great Sex?

Question 8

Three domains of life

Answer 8

Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya

Question 9

Simple single celled organisms that lack a nucleus and membrane bound organelles

Answer 9

Bacteria

Question 10

prokaryote meaning

Answer 10

before nucleus

Question 11

Prokaryotes

Answer 11

Bacteria and Archaea

Question 12

Single celled prokaryotes that live in extreme conditions (thermal vents, hot springs, high salinity zones, etc.)

Answer 12

Archaea

Question 13

no known harmful members of this domain to human life

Answer 13

archaea

Question 14

Eukarya

Answer 14

Single-celled and multicellular organisms that have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles (this is humanity’s domain)

Question 15

Divided into 4 kingdoms

Answer 15

Eukarya

Question 16

4 kingdoms of Eukarya

Answer 16

Plantae
Fungi
Animalia
Protista

Question 17

Multicellular, autotrophic, cell walls of cellulose

Answer 17

Plantae

Question 18

examples of plantae

Answer 18

Mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants

Question 19

Multicellular, Heterotrophic, cell walls of chitin

Answer 19

Fungi

Question 20

Examples of fungi

Answer 20

Yeast, molds, and mushrooms

Question 21

Multicellular, Heterotrophic, no cell walls

Answer 21

Animalia

Question 22

Motile at least part of life

Answer 22

Animalia

Question 23

(mostly) single celled, autotrophic and heterotrophic species, some have cell walls

Answer 23

Protista

Question 24

examples of protista

Answer 24

Amoebas, algae, slime molds, diatoms, etc.

Question 25

If it has a nucleus but isn’t a plant, fungus, or animal

Answer 25

Protist

Question 26

Linnaeus classified based on

Answer 26

appearance

Question 27

Evolution

Answer 27

Change in the genetic makeup of populations of organisms over time

Question 28

Illustrated hypotheses of evolutionary relatedness among different biological groups

Answer 28

Phylogenetic tree or phylogeny

Question 29

Taxon

Answer 29

Group of biological entities

Question 30

Node

Answer 30

Common ancestor, point where two taxa meetup, representing where the two groups separated in history

Question 31

Lineage

Answer 31

Direct line of descent from an ancestor

Question 32

Which node is most recent common ancestor?

Answer 32

first

Question 33

Best way to read phylogenetic tree?

Answer 33

top down