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Intro Classification

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Autotroph An organism that can make its own food
Classification Division of organisms into groups or classes based on specific common characterisitics
Eukaryote An organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane
Prokaryote An organism that consists of a single cell that does not have a nucleus
Taxonomy The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms
Heterotroph Organism that cannot make its own food (consumer)
Dichotomous Key An aid that is used to identify organisms; consists of a series of answers to questions (Taxonomic Key)
Binomial Nomenclature Naming system giving each organism two names
Why do scientists classify living things? Classification makes it easier to determine how many known species there are, defining characterisitics and discovering new relationships among organisms
What two groups did scientists initially classify all living things into? plants and animals
What did Carolus Linnaeus contribute to classification? Carolus Linnaeus founded taxonomy, developed the 7 levels of classificatoin, develop naming system (binomial nomenclature)
What are the 8 groups that all living things are classified into (largest to smallest)? Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What are the the 8 groups that all living things are classified into (smallest to largest)? Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
What two parts make up an organism's scientific name? genus & species
What is the scientific name for humans? Homo sapien
What would happen if a new organism was discovered and did not fit into any of the 6 kingdoms? Scientists would develop a new kingdom
Kingdom Archaebacteria unicellular, prokaryote, autotrophs or heterotrophs, "ancient bacteria", live in extreme environments
Kingdom Eubacteria unicellular, prokaryote, autotroph or heterotroph
Kingdom Protista most unicellular with few that are multicellular, eukaryotes, autotrophs or heterotrophs
Kingdom Fungi mostly multicellular with few that are unicellular, eukaryotes with cell walls, heterotrophs
Kingdom Plantae multicellular, eukaryotes, autotrophs, cell walls
Kingdom Animalia multicellular, eukaryotesheterotrophs, specialized sense organs
Examples of protists ameba, seaweed, euglenga, paramecium
Examples of fungi mushrooms, mold, yeast
Examples of plants moss, trees, dandelions, grass, rose
Examples of animals tiger, dog, ant, worm, fish, bird, sponge
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