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Bio-Ch. 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |