Question | Answer |
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 |