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Bio-Ch. 17

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Who came up with the 1st widely accepted theory of classification? Aristotle 394-322 B.C.
What is the himan being family? Hominidae
What is the human being phylum? Chordata
How did Aristotle classify plants? size and structure
What is the human being kingdom? animalia
What language is used in scientifically naming organisms? Why? Latin;unchanging
What are the two parts of binomial nomenckature? Genus and species
When did Aristotle develop his theory of classification? 350 B.C.
When did Linnaeus develop his theory of classification? mid-1700's
What is the human being class? mammalia
What type of biology deals with identifying, naming, and classifying organisms? taxonomy
How many kingdoms do scientists use to classify Earth's organisms? 6
Which kingdom has organisms that can live in extreme conditions? archaea
Which species concept is based on evolutionary history? phylogenetic
How many known soecies have scientists discovered? 1.75 million
What are the key characteristics of Kingdom Fungi? -uni or multicellular -heterotrophic -cell wall made with chitin
What kingdom has multicellular species that have chloroplasts and organs and 320,000 known species? plants - cell wall contains cellulose
What are animal like protists called? Protozoans
How many fungus species have been classified? 70,000
Cell type, structure, and nutrition are how organisms are classified into what taxa? Kingdom
What are the 6 kingdoms> Eubacteria, Archaea, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
What are 3 biochemical characters used to classify organisms? Amino acids, nucleotides, chromosome #, DNA/RNA
What kingdoms do not classify autotrophs? fungi and animalia
Know each of the 3 biological species concepts. -typological(physical features) -biological(breed and produce fertile offspring) -phylogenetic(evolutionary history)
Hominid means what? man-like
Which species of Homo was the "handy man"? Homo habilias
Which species of Homo was the "working man"? Homo ergaster
What caused Africa'd environmant to change? Himalayans
What was the maker of large brains? meat/protein
What gave the antelope its speed? Lion
"Human" evolution has lsted how many years? 5 million years
What is the mother of all courage? desperation
True or False: Evolution has no goals, only respnses to external forces. True
Your thoughts on Alec Balwin's following statement: "The true tes of maturity is whether you can imagine the discomfort of others." I think that we have all matured drastically over the past 5 millions years. We are now more experienced and are more knowledgable.
Are viruses classified as living things? NO
Plants are usually classified into what instead of phylas? divisions
What were the 3 ocean currents mentioned in the Galapagos videos? Humbolt-cold Cromwell-cold Panama-hot
What are the 8 taxons? Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
What are the 7 human thingys? Animalia, chordata, mammalia, primates, hominidae, homo, sapien.
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