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Kingdoms/Taxonomy

7th Texas

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taxonomy the science of classifying living things
hierarchical classification system a category that unites groups in the level below it based on shared properties
binomial nomenclature refers to two names given to an organism (example: Homo sapiens)
Archae ancient, unicellular prokaryotic organisms; some are chemosynthetic
Bacteria unicellular prokaryotic organisms; some are helpful and some cause disease
Protista unicellular eukaryotic organisms that move around in water; some are autotrophs, some are heterotrophs
Fungi multi-cellular non-motile organisms with a cell wall made of chitin; all are heterotrophic
Plantae multicellular, non-motile photosynthetic autotrophs; their cells have a cell wall & contain chloroplasts
Animalia multicellular, motile heterotrophs; cell do NOT have a cell wall
kingdom all living organisms on Earth fit into one of these six -
phylum subdivision of a kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan
class subdivision of a phylum consisting of several orders
order subdivision of a class consisting of several families
family subdivision of an order consisting of several subdivision of a class or subclass in the classification of organisms, consisting of several genera
genus subdivision of a family consisting of more than one species
species subdivision of a genus composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species
dichotomous key a key used to identify an organism in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
heterotroph "other" feeder; feeds on others
autotroph "self" feeder; produces own food
chemosynthetic makes own food using energy from chemicals
photosynthetic makes own food using energy from sunlight
prokaryote single-celled organism that does NOT contain a nucleus
eukaryote a cell that contains a nucleus
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