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Class/King Vocab
Classification and Kingdoms Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a major category (as Plantae or Protista) in biological taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below the domain | Kingdom |
| a biological species name consisting of two terms | Binomial nomenclature |
| study of the general principles of scientific classification | Taxonomy |
| a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters | Dichotomous key |
| the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Classification |
| a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma | Prokaryote |
| an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Eukaryote |
| considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae | Archaebacteria |
| a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | Eubacteria |
| the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants | Fungi |
| decomposers | mushrooms |
| taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals | Animalia |
| eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals; protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae | Protista |
| organism made of one cell | Unicellular |
| organism made of many cells | Multicellular |
| an organism that consumes other organisms in the food chain | Heterotrophic |
| an organism that is able to make energy | Autotrophic |
| Diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms | Cladogram |
| Kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic autotrophs that have cell walls containing cellulose | Plantae |
| the same on both sides of a line | Bilateral |
| not identical on both sides of a central line | asymmetrical |
| exhibits no left or right side; have top and bottom; four equal sides | Radial |
| the body has the shape of a sphere and the parts are arranged around or radiate from the center of the sphere | Spherical |
| Most inclusive taxonomic category; larger than a kingdom | Domain |
| Domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls containing peptidoglycan | Bacteria |
| particle made up of nucleic acid, protein, and in some cases lipids that can replicate only by infecting living cells | Virus |
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