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Praxis II 0014 Sci-c
Praxis II 0014 Life Science: Kingdoms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: Monera | Single-celled organism without nuclei (bacteria) |
| Kingdom: Protista | Single-celled organism with a nuclei (algea, protozoans) |
| Kingdom: Fungi | Single-celled and multi-celled organisms (mushrooms, mold, yeast, lichen) |
| Kingdom: Plantae | Multi-cellular plant organisms (moss, fern, pine, flowering) |
| Kingdom: Animalia | Multi-cellular animals (10-20 phyla) |
| Kingdom | broken down further into smaller categories named phyla |
| Phylum | contains organisms that are genetically related through common ancestry; broken into classes |
| Class | a more specific breakdown of organisms in which the group shares a common attribute, characteristics, or trait |
| Order | specifically divides the class into smaller shared characteristics |
| Family | where organisms share multiple traits in common |
| Genus | organisms share many characteristics |
| Species | organisms can inbreed and produce offspring that can propagate the species |