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T#9 Taxonomy
This stack includes both terms/defs AND "target practice" with images.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| classify | to put things into groups based on similarities |
| taxonomy | the science of classifying and naming organisms |
| dichotomous key | “two choice” method of finding the name of an organism; comes in two forms: list style, and branching chart style |
| binomial nomenclature | the “two-name naming-system” used in science to descriptively name organisms using Latin and Greek, invented by Linnaeus |
| common name | the name people call an organism on an every-day basis…the name varies based on where you live |
| scientific name | the name used by scientists to refer to an organism using binomial nomenclature |
| phylogeny | the evolutionary history of an organism |
| locomotion | moving from place to place |
| producer | organism in an ecosystem who makes its own food |
| consumer | organism in an ecosystem who has to eat other organisms |
| decomposer | a type of consumer in an ecosystem that gets its food by eating dead or decaying materials |
| etymology | the history of a word, especially the meanings of Greek and Latin word origins |
| autotrophs | organisms that make food for themselves (ety: auto = self, troph = feeding), also called producers (adjective = autotrophic) |
| heterotrophs | organisms that must eat to get energy (ety: hetero = other, troph = feeding), also called consumers (adjective = heterotrophic) |
| prokaryotes | organisms that do not have a cell nucleus (ety: pro = before, karyo = kernel |
| eukaryotes | organisms that have a cell nucleus (ety: eu = true, karyo = kernel |
| asexual | reproduction involving only one parent |
| sexual | reproduction involving two parents |
| multicellular | made of many cells |
| unicellular | made of only one cell |
| domain | largest taxonomic category...Eukarya is an example |
| kingdom | second largest taxonomic category...Animalia is an example |
| genus | second smallest taxonomic group...Canis is an example (as in Canis familiaris - the dog) |
| species | smallest taxonomic group...familiaris is an example (as in Canis familiaris - the dog) |
| Archaea | kingdom containing unicellular prokaryotes that live in extreme environments |
| Bacteria | kingdom containing unicellular prokaryotes that live everywhere EXCEPT the most extreme places |
| Protista | kingdom containing uni- and simple multicellular eukaryotes that live mostly in wet places |
| Fungi | kingdom containing uni- and multicellular eukaryotes that are important as decomposers |
| Plantae | kingdom containing only multicellular eukaryotes that are all producers |
| Animalia | kingdom containing only multicellular eukaryotes that are all consumers or decomposers |
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wholt
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