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Chapter 18
18-1 And 18-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy | Scientists classify organisms and assign each organisim a universally accepted name. |
| Binomial nomenclature | He developed a two-word namming system. |
| Genus | A group of closly related species. |
| Taxon | In taxonmic nomenclature, or namin systen, each of those levels is called taxon. |
| Family | In this case, Ursiae. |
| Order | Is a broad taxonomic catagory compaosed of similar families. |
| Class | Is compaosed of similar orders. |
| Phylum | Several different class make up a phylum. |
| Kingdom | It is the largest and most inclusove of Linnaeus's taxonoimic catagories. |
| Bacteria | Unicellular and prokaryotic. |
| Eubacteria | The domain bacteria corrosponds to the kingdom eubacteria. |
| Archaea | Live in some of the most extreme environmants you can imagine such as volcanic hot springs, brine pools, and black organic mud totally devoid of oxygen. |
| Archaebacteria | The domain Archaea corrosponds to the kingdom archaebacteria. |
| Domain | Is a more inclusive catagory than any other larger kingdom. |
| Eukarya | Consist of all orgamisms that have a nuclus. |
| Protista | Is composed of eukaryotic orgamnisms that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi. |
| Fungi | Are hterotrophs. |
| Plantea | Multicellular organisms that are photosynthetic autotrophs. |
| Animalia | Multicellular and heterotrophic. |