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Classification vocab
HEC biology project - basic classification of organisms vocabulary
| Classifications of Organisms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| kingdom | broadest classification level |
| phylum | second broadest classification level consisting of five divisions |
| class | third level of classification |
| order | fourth level of classification |
| family | fifth level of classification |
| genus | sixth level of classification; typically the first part of the scientific name for the organism |
| species | lowest level of classification; second part of the scientific name for an organism |
| animalia | many-celled organisms that must find food |
| monera | major division of single-celled organisms consisting of two second-level subdivisions |
| protista | major division consisting mostly of single-celled organisms that have some mode of locomotion |
| fungi | single or many-celled organism that absorbs food |
| plantae | many-celled organisms that have cellulose |
| sac | creates spores in an ascus |
| club | creates spores in a basidia |
| sporangium | creates spores in a sporangia |
| bacteria | single-celled organisms, mostly absorb food |
| cyanobacteria | single-celled organisms that make their own food |
| nonvascular | plants that absorb water without the help of roots, stems, or leaves |
| vascular | plants that use a tube-like structure to move water with nutrients to all parts of the plant |
| chlorophyta | single or multi-celled plants that reproduce by forming zygospores; commonly called green algae |
| phaeophyta | many-celled brown plants, mostly living in salt water (brown algae) |
| rhodophyta | many-celled red plants, mostly living in deep salt water (red algae) |
| bryophyta | many-celled green plants that make their own food, living in moist areas on land; reproduction from spores in capsules (mosses and liverworts) |
| horsetails | simple vascular plants that reproduce by forming spores in sporangia |
| club mosses | simple vascular plants that reproduce by forming spores in sporangia |
| ferns | vascular plants that have feathery leaves; reproduction by forming spores in sporangia |
| angiosperms | flowering plants that produce seeds inside a fruit |
| gymnosperms | plants that produce seeds outside of a fruit |
| proifera | animals known as sponges |
| coelenterata | animals with a central cavity with a mouth; most with tentacles, some with attach |
| mollusca | animals that have soft bodies with hard coverings |
| playthelminthes | flatworms |
| nemotoda | roundworms |
| annelida | segmented worms |
| echinodermata | animals with radial symmetry and a tough outer covering with spines |
| arthropoda | animals with jointed limbs; most with a hard, plated body covering |
| chordata | animals with internal skeletons made of bones or cartilage |
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