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Taxonomy 2.0
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Motile | capable of movement |
| Sessile | Fixed in one place |
| Cellulose | chemical composition in plant cell walls |
| Chitin | chemical composition in fungi cell walls |
| Multicellular | made of more than one cess |
| Asexual | reproduces by dividing in half |
| Sexual reproduction | producing new members of a species by combining the genetic material from 2 sources |
| Autotroph | Produces their own food |
| Heterotroph | Produces food made by other living things |
| Photoautotroph | Produces their own food using light energy |
| Chemoautotroph | Produces their own food using inorganic molecules like iron and magnesium |
| Domain | Most broad of the taxonomic system |
| Species | Members can breed and produce fertile offspring |
| Scientific name | Genus written first, species written second |
| Cladogram | A picture that shows the development of specific characteristics in a taxonomic order |
| Phylogenetic tree | A picture that shows the "family tree" of life. |
| Taxonomy | Classifying living things based on similar characteristics |
| Carol Linnaeus | Father of Taxonomy |
| Protista | Eukaryotic, "plant like" or "animal like" |
| Plants | Eukaryotic, multicellular, photosynthetic, cell wall made of cellulose |
| Fungi | Eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophs, cell wall made of chitin |
| Archeabacteria | Prokaryotes that live in extreme conditions |