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Ch. 18+22+25 notes
notes on chapters 18, 22, and 25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| goal in systematics | to organize living things into groups that have biological meaning |
| Linnean classification | puts living things into categories |
| Dichotomous key | used to put organisms into categories |
| goal in modern evolutionary classification | to group species into evolutionary descent, instead of similarities and differences |
| cladogram | links groups of organisms by showing their descent from common ancestors |
| Porifera | sponges; thick sacs of cells with pores |
| Coelenterata | coelenterates; central cavity and mouth; most have tentacles; some attached to the bottom of the ocean |
| Platyhelminthes | flatworms; flattened bodies; live in water; parasites |
| Nematoda | roundworms; round bodies; live on land or water; parasites |
| Annelida | segmented worms; bodies divided into segments; segments have bristles; live on land or water; not parasites |
| Mollusca | mollusks; soft bodies; some have shells on the outside; live on land or water; most have a thick, muscular foot to move |
| Arthropoda | arthropods; bodies divided into segments; legs have joints for movements; bodies have exoskeletons made of chitin; can liove on land or water |
| Echinodermata | echinoderms; spiny or leathery skin; radial symmetry; live in salt water; water vasular system for movement; tube feet attach to other objects |
| Cordata | chordates; internal skeleton made of bones or cartilage; specialized body systems for digestion, circulation, and central nervous system; can live on live or water |
| biggest classification | domain |
| kingdom | smaller than domain but bigger than phylum |
| phylum | smaller than kingdom but bigger than class |
| class | smaller than phylum but bigger than order |
| order | smaller than class but bigger than family |
| family | smaller than order but bigger than genus |
| genus | smaller than family but bigger than species |
| species | smallest classification; smaller than genus |