Question | Answer |
King Philip Can Only Find Green Socks | Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
Kingdom | The largest category in the classification system of living things. Most scientists presently use a 5_Kingdom tree of life. |
Classification | The identifying, naming, and grouping of organisms. Classification reflects how living things are related to each other.____ |
Organism | Organism living thing made up of one or more cells, use energy, move, respond to their environment, reproduce and have a life span. We do not know any organism that lives for ever |
Species | The most specific category in the classification of living things. A species is a group of organisms that resemble each other in appearance and behavior, and can interbreed under natural conditions to produce fertile offspring. |
Animalia | The kingdom of multi celled organisms that live by taking in food. |
Fungi | The kingdom on multi celled organisms that live by first digesting their food outside their body, then absorbing their food. |
Monera | The kingdom of single celled organisms that lack a nucleus. |
Protista | The kingdom of single celled organisms whose cells have a nucleus |
Abiotic Factors | Something in an ecosystem that is non-living and has no living origin |
Dichotomous key | A step by step guide to identifying an organism. At each step of the key, the scientist is required to make a choice between at least two characteristics. The identity of the organism is eventually determined in this manner |
Genus | The second-most specific category in the classification of living things. All organisms are known by a two word name consisting of their genus and species |
Taxonomy (-ist) | A field of science that specializes in the classification of living things. A taxonomist is a scientist that specializes in this field. |
Biodiversity | The variety of different species in an area |
Biotic factors | Something in an ecosystem that is living (or dead) and has a living origin |
Carolus Linnaeus | (may 23 1707 -January 10, 1778) , was a swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the “father of modern taxonomy” |
Characteristic | A defining physical or behavioral trait of an organism that separates and distinguishes it from other organisms. |
Invertibrate | An animal without a backbone. Invertebrates make up more than 90% of the Animal Kingdom, because of insects. |
Vertebra | A section of the backbone made of bone and/all cartilage. Vertebrae are more then one Vertebra (plural form) |
Binomial Nomenclature | The formal method for naming a species. The word “Binomal” means two names. The first name is always capitalized, while the second is never. It is always written in Italics. |
Vertebrate | An animal with a backbone. Vertebrates make up less then 10% of the Animal Kingdom, because of insects. |
Ecosystem | A group of organisms and their physical (Abiotic/non-living) environment. |
Community | Different populations of species living together in the same area |
Population | Organisms of the same species living in the same area. |
Consumer | An organism that feeds on other organisms. |
Producer | An organism that makes it own food through process of photosynthesis. |
Decomposer | An organism that breaks down other dead organisms into substances that enrich the soil. |
Matter | Anything that occupies space and can be detected by our senses except hearing. |