Question | Answer |
Autotrophic | makes its own food |
Heterotrophic | gets nutrients from the food it consumes |
Domain Bacteria | Kingdom Eubacteria |
Domain Archaea | Kingdom Archaebacteria |
Domain Eukarya | Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia |
Kingdom Eubacteria | Bacteria can live in many places on earth,Unicellular,
Prokaryotic |
Kingdom Archaebacteria | Bacteria that live in extreme habitats,Unicellular,
Prokaryotic |
Kingdom Protista | Eukaryotic,
Most unicellular, some multicellular |
Kingdom Fungi | Most are multicellular,
Heterotrophic (decomposers),
Cell walls made of chitin |
Kingdom Plantae | Eukaryotic,
Multicellular,
Autotrophic,
Cell wall of cellulose; chloroplasts present |
Kingdom Animalia | Eukaryotic,
Multicellular,
Heterotrophic,
No cell walls, no chloroplasts |
Binomial Nomenclature | Developed by Carolus Linnaeus,Two-name system,Genus and species named using Latin or Greek words |
Classification | putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics |
Taxonomy | the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms |
The modern system of classification has 8 levels | Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species |
Rules used to write scientific names | The genus is Capitalized; the species is
written in lower case, Scientific names of organisms are always italicized or underlined |
What are two examples of fungi | Bread mold, Mushrooms |
what are two examples of protista | Euglena, Amoeba |
what did Aristotle do | He grouped everything into
simple groups such as animals or plants He then grouped animals according to if they had blood or didn’t have blood, and if they had live young or laid eggs, |
The Evidence used to classify into taxon groups | Embryology
Chromosomes / DNA
Biochemistry
Physiology
Evolution
Behavior |
Dichotomous Key | paired statements that describe the physical characteristics of different organisms |