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Term | Definition |
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The Three domains | Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya |
The order of classification from most general to most specific | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
The 6 Kingdoms | Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protist, Fungi, Animals, Plants, |
archeabacteria kingdom | consists of unicellular prokaryote that lives in EXTREME environments |
Eubacteria kingdom | True bacteria.Unicellular prokaryotic cells. Live EVERYWHERE. |
Protist kingdom | Eukaryotic organisms that do not fit into the plant, animal, or fungi kingdoms. Can be unicellular or multicellular, autotrophs or heterotrophs. Oddball kingdom. Example: amoeba and euglena |
Fungi kingdom | Heterotrophic eukaryotic decomposers. All are multicellular with the exception of yeast which is unicellular. |
Animal kingdom | Eukaryotic multicellular heterotrophs |
Plant kingdom | Eukaryotic multicellular autotrophs |
Binomial Nomenclature | 2 name naming system using Genus species. Underline if writing, italics if typed. |
Autotroph | Self-feeder. An organism that can make its own food. Example:plants-photosynthesis. |
prokaryote | Pro-no. No Nucleus! Unicellular organisms that do not have a nucleus. DNA is in the cytoplasm. Can be autotrophs or heterotrophs. |
eukaryote | Eu-true. Eukaryotic cells have true nucleus, organelles and can be unicellular or multicellular, autotrophs or heterotrophs |
The three characteristics used to classify organisms into domain and kingdom | 1. Type of cell 2. Number of cells 3. Energy source |
Most general level of classification | domain |
Most specific level of classification | Species |
Pisaster brevispinus | Example of scientific name using binomial nomenclature. Pisaster is the genus. brevispinus is the species. It is a type of sea star. |